Test 4 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f…
A girl in Wales lets her puppy off the lead in a field of ewes and lambs. Why is this a bad idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, this · What happens: let, be · To what, where: puppy, bad idea
This is test 4 · ★ 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 girl in Wales lets her puppy off the lead in a field of ewes and lambs.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Wales | case |
| 4 | Wales | Wales | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 puppy | nmod:poss |
| 7 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | obj |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 10 lead | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lead | det |
| 10 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 field | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 field | det |
| 13 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lead | nmod |
| 14 | of | of | ADP | _ | 15 ewes | case |
| 15 | ewes | ewe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 field | nmod |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 lambs | cc |
| 17 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 ewes | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | a girl in Wales | girl's puppy | off the lead in a field of ewes and lambs | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=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: Why is this a bad idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 idea | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 idea | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 idea | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this | a bad idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The grass in sheep fields poisons dogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 grass | det |
| 2 | grass | grass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fields | compound |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 sheep | case |
| 4 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 grass | nmod |
| 5 | fields | field | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 poisons | compound |
| 6 | poisons | poison | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 dogs | compound |
| 7 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
The lambs might all chase and bite the puppy, and it would get hurt
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 lambs | det |
| 2 | lambs | lamb | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 chase | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 chase | aux |
| 4 | all | all | ADV | _ | 5 chase | advmod |
| 5 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 bite | cc |
| 7 | bite | bite | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 chase | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 puppy | det |
| 9 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 bite | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hurt | punct |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 hurt | cc |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 13 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 15 hurt | aux |
| 14 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 15 hurt | aux:pass |
| 15 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 chase | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | might | the lambs | all property | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | bite | infinitive | the lambs not said here | the puppy | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Patient | ||||
| 3 | hurt | would · passive | puppy | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
The dog may chase and hurt the sheep and they panic
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 chase | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 chase | aux |
| 4 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 hurt | cc |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 chase | conj |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 sheep | det |
| 8 | sheep | sheep | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hurt | obj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 panic | cc |
| 10 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 panic | nsubj |
| 11 | panic | panic | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 chase | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | may | the dog | vn chase-51.6 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | hurt | infinitive | the dog not said here | the sheep | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sheep=Patient | ||||
| 3 | panic | present | sheep | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
The farmer will want to keep the puppy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 farmer | det |
| 2 | farmer | farmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 want | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 want | aux |
| 4 | want | want | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 keep | mark |
| 6 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 want | xcomp |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 puppy | det |
| 8 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | future | the farmer | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | keep not said to happen | to-infinitive | the farmer not said here | the puppy | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Theme |
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