Test 2 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f…
A friend says there is treasure at the end of the rainbow and you will walk there. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, treasure, you · What happens: say, be, walk · To what, where: end · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 326 «Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, fire ants and bee stings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school. The page gives the question's syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause, then the 4 options as the student saw them, each with its tree and pragmatics. Every text is parsed by Mova itself. How the student answered it, with the score of every option and why: the test at school.
The question
Sentence 1: A friend says there is treasure at the end of the rainbow and you will walk there.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 is | expl |
| 5 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | treasure | treasure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 is | nsubj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 end | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 end | det |
| 9 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 is | obl |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 12 rainbow | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 rainbow | det |
| 12 | rainbow | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 end | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 walk | cc |
| 14 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 16 walk | nsubj |
| 15 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 16 walk | aux |
| 16 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | conj |
| 17 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 16 walk | advmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | be | present | treasure | there | at the end of the rainbow | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at end=Location | |||
| 3 | walk | future | you | there | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Sentence 2: What is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
The rainbow moves as you move, so there is no end to reach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 rainbow | det |
| 2 | rainbow | rainbow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 moves | nsubj |
| 3 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 6 move | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 move | nsubj |
| 6 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 moves | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 is | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 is | advmod |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 is | expl |
| 10 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 moves | conj |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 end | det |
| 12 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 is | nsubj |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 reach | mark |
| 14 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 end | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | present | the rainbow | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | move | present | you | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | be | present | no end | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | reach | to-infinitive | no end not said here | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
The end is always in the nearest field
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 end | det |
| 2 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 field | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 field | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 8 field | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 field | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 field | det |
| 7 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 8 field | amod |
| 8 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the end | the nearest field | always property | tree rules |
Option 3
The end appears only when the rain stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 end | det |
| 2 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 appears | nsubj |
| 3 | appears | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 stops | advmod |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 stops | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rain | det |
| 7 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stops | nsubj |
| 8 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 appears | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | the end | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stop | present | the rain | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
The end can be reached if you walk fast enough before it fades
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 end | det |
| 2 | end | end | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reached | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 reached | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 reached | aux:pass |
| 5 | reached | reach | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 walk | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 walk | nsubj |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 reached | advcl |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 walk | advmod |
| 10 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 8 walk | advmod |
| 11 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 13 fades | mark |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fades | nsubj |
| 13 | fades | fade | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 walk | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | can · passive | the end | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | walk a condition, not said to happen | present | you | enough, fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fade | present | end | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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