Test 7 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f…
A boy in Queensland wants to sit down on a sandy mound covered with small red ants. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: want, sit down, cover, do · To what, where: sandy mound
This is test 7 · ★ 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 boy in Queensland wants to sit down on a sandy mound covered with small red ants.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Queensland | case |
| 4 | Queensland | Queensland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 sit | mark |
| 7 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 sit | compound:prt |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 mound | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 mound | det |
| 11 | sandy | sandy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 mound | amod |
| 12 | mound | mound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sit | obl |
| 13 | covered | cover | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 mound | acl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 ants | case |
| 15 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 ants | amod |
| 16 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 ants | amod |
| 17 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 covered | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a boy in Queensland | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | sit down not said to happen | to-infinitive | a boy in Queensland not said here | a sandy mound | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on mound=Location | ||||
| 3 | cover | participle | a sandy mound not said here | with small red ants | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent with ant=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 should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Stamp on the mound to flatten it first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stamp | stamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 mound | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 mound | det |
| 4 | mound | mound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stamp | nmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 flatten | mark |
| 6 | flatten | flatten | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stamp | acl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 flatten | obj |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 flatten | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | flatten | to-infinitive | mound | first property | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Find another spot away from the ant hill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 3 spot | det |
| 3 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obj |
| 4 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Find | advmod |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 hill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 hill | det |
| 7 | ant | ant | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 hill | compound |
| 8 | hill | hill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | imperative | you not said here | another spot | away property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Topic |
Option 3
Sit down very carefully and slowly, so the ants do not notice
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Sit | compound:prt |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 carefully | advmod |
| 4 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 1 Sit | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 slowly | cc |
| 6 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 4 carefully | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 notice | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 notice | advmod |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ants | det |
| 10 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 notice | nsubj |
| 11 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 notice | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 notice | advmod |
| 13 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Sit | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit down | imperative | you not said here | carefully property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not notice | present · do-support | the ants | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Brush the ants off and then sit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brush | brush | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 ants | det |
| 3 | ants | ant | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Brush | obj |
| 4 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Brush | compound:prt |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sit | cc |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 sit | advmod |
| 7 | sit | sit | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Brush | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | brush off | imperative | you not said here | the ants | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent ant=Theme | ||||
| 2 | sit | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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