Test 2 · ★ · Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, card games, motion ga…
A babysitter hangs a toy on a long ribbon around a baby's neck. What is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: babysitter · What happens: hang, be · To what, where: toy, long ribbon
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 327 «Toy age labels, cords, pretend play, card games, motion games, hammers and paintbrushes» 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 babysitter hangs a toy on a long ribbon around a baby's neck.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 babysitter | det |
| 2 | babysitter | babysitter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hangs | nsubj |
| 3 | hangs | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 toy | det |
| 5 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hangs | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 ribbon | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 ribbon | det |
| 8 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ribbon | amod |
| 9 | ribbon | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hangs | obl |
| 10 | around | around | ADP | _ | 14 neck | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 baby | det |
| 12 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 neck | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 baby | case |
| 14 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ribbon | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hangs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | present | a babysitter | a toy | a long ribbon around a baby's neck | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent toy=Theme on ribbon=Destination |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It is dangerous, cords around the neck can strangle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 cords | punct |
| 5 | cords | cord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 strangle | nsubj |
| 6 | around | around | ADP | _ | 8 neck | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 neck | det |
| 8 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 cords | nmod |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 strangle | aux |
| 10 | strangle | strangle | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 dangerous | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | strangle | can | cords around the neck | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It is safe while the baby is awake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 awake | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 baby | det |
| 6 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 awake | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 awake | cop |
| 8 | awake | awake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 safe | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the baby | awake property | tree rules |
Option 3
It is fine, because ribbons are much softer than cords or strings
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 softer | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 softer | mark |
| 6 | ribbons | ribbon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 softer | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 softer | cop |
| 8 | much | much | ADV | _ | 9 softer | advmod |
| 9 | softer | soft | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 fine | conj |
| 10 | than | than | ADP | _ | 11 cords | case |
| 11 | cords | cord | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 softer | obl |
| 12 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 13 strings | cc |
| 13 | strings | string | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 cords | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is | present | ribbons | than cords or strings; soft property | tree rules |
Option 4
It is fine if the toy is light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 light | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 toy | det |
| 6 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 light | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 light | cop |
| 8 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 fine | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | the toy | light | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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