Test 11 · ★★ · Going where you're not allowed
Kid with burned finger: «it's fine, I'll put butter on it». What's right?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kid, I · What happens: burn, be, put · To what, where: butter
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 349 «Going where you're not allowed» 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: Kid with burned finger: «it's fine, I'll put butter on it».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fine | nsubj |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 finger | case |
| 3 | burned | burn | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 finger | amod |
| 4 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kid | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 9 fine | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 fine | punct |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | expl |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 put | punct |
| 11 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 put | nsubj |
| 12 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 put | aux |
| 13 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 fine | parataxis |
| 14 | butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 put | obj |
| 15 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 put | obl |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 put | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | participle | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | Kid with burned finger | fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | put in a quote | future | I | butter | on Kid | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent butter=Theme on it=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's right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Leave it alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | alone property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cool it under cool running water instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cool | cool | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Cool | obj |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 water | case |
| 4 | cool | cool | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 water | amod |
| 5 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 water | amod |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cool | obl |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Cool | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cool | imperative | you not said here | it | cool running water | instead property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||
| 2 | run | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Butter is the best thing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Butter | butter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 thing | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 thing | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Butter | the best thing | tree rules |
Option 4
Ice cubes straight on it for an hour
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cubes | compound |
| 2 | cubes | cube | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 it | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 cubes | nmod |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 hour | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 hour | det |
| 8 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 it | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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