Test 9 · ★ · Giggles, skipping and the collection plate
after church kids racing up the aisle near the lit candles. What's the risk?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: church kids, risk · What happens: race up, be · To what, where: aisle, lit candles
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 364 «Giggles, skipping and the collection plate» 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: after church kids racing up the aisle near the lit candles.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 kids | case |
| 2 | church | church | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kids | compound |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | racing | race | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 kids | acl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 racing | compound:prt |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 aisle | det |
| 7 | aisle | aisle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 racing | obl |
| 8 | near | near | ADP | _ | 11 candles | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 candles | det |
| 10 | lit | lit | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 candles | amod |
| 11 | candles | candle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 racing | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 kids | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | race up | gerund | church kids not said here | the aisle | the lit candles | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near candle=Trajectory |
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 the risk?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 risk | det |
| 4 | risk | risk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the risk | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The carpet gets dusty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 carpet | det |
| 2 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | dusty | dusty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | the carpet | dusty property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
The vicar gets out of breath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 vicar | det |
| 2 | vicar | vicar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 breath | case |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 breath | case |
| 6 | breath | breath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get out | present | the vicar | breath | tree rules |
Option 3
No risk, candles are stuck down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 2 risk | det |
| 2 | risk | risk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stuck | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 risk | punct |
| 4 | candles | candle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stuck | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 stuck | aux:pass |
| 6 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 6 stuck | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick down | present · passive | no risk | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Burns or fire if a candle falls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Burns | burn | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 3 fire | cc |
| 3 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Burns | conj |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 falls | mark |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 candle | det |
| 6 | candle | candle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 falls | nsubj |
| 7 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Burns | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | a candle | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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