Test 9 · ★ · Rainbows, beach earthquakes, lambs, blackberries, cacti, f…
A class on a nature trail is shouting and running. What will most likely happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: class · What happens: shout, run, happen
This is test 9 · ★ 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 class on a nature trail is shouting and running.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 class | det |
| 2 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 shouting | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 trail | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 trail | det |
| 5 | nature | nature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 trail | compound |
| 6 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 class | nmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 shouting | aux |
| 8 | shouting | shout | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 running | cc |
| 10 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 shouting | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 shouting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | present · progressive | a class on a nature trail | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | run | gerund | a class on a nature trail not said here | 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 will most likely happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 happen | aux |
| 3 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 5 happen | advmod |
| 5 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The animals hide, so nobody sees them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hide | nsubj |
| 3 | hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sees | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 sees | advmod |
| 6 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 7 sees | nsubj |
| 7 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 hide | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 sees | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present | the animals | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see | present | nobody | animals = animal | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 2
More birds come to watch the class
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | More | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 birds | amod |
| 2 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 watch | mark |
| 5 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 come | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 class | det |
| 7 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | More birds | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | watch | to-infinitive | More birds not said here | the class | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent class=Theme |
Option 3
The animals become calmer
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 animals | det |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 become | nsubj |
| 3 | become | become | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | calmer | calm | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 become | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | become | present | the animals | calm property | vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Nothing, noise has no effect on animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 noise | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | noise | noise | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | nsubj |
| 4 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 6 effect | det |
| 6 | effect | effect | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 has | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 animals | case |
| 8 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 effect | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Nothing noise | no effect | on animals | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent effect=Patient |
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