Test 10 · ★★ · What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth
Two kids are arguing on top of a high wall in the park, one about to shove. What's the biggest danger?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two kids, one, biggest danger · What happens: argue, shove, be
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 374 «What fights cost: bruises, noses and teeth» 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: Two kids are arguing on top of a high wall in the park, one about to shove.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 kids | nummod |
| 2 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 arguing | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 arguing | aux |
| 4 | arguing | argue | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 top | case |
| 6 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 arguing | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 wall | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 wall | det |
| 9 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 wall | amod |
| 10 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 top | nmod |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 13 park | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 park | det |
| 13 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 wall | nmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 shove | punct |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 18 shove | nsubj |
| 16 | about | about | ADV | _ | 18 shove | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 shove | mark |
| 18 | shove | shove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 arguing | parataxis |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 arguing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | argue speech: disagree | present · progressive | Two kids | on top of a high wall in the park | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V PP.theme S»: agent=Agent on top=Topic | ||||
| 2 | shove | to-infinitive | one | about property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
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 biggest danger?
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 | 5 danger | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 danger | amod |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the biggest danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Missing their tea
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Missing | miss | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 tea | nmod:poss |
| 3 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Missing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | gerund | their tea | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tea=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Getting their clothes muddy and having to explain it at home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | root | root |
| 2 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 1 Getting | obj |
| 4 | muddy | muddy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Getting | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 having | cc |
| 6 | having | have | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Getting | conj |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 explain | mark |
| 8 | explain | explain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 having | xcomp |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 explain | obj |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 home | case |
| 11 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 explain | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | gerund | their clothes | muddy property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer clothes=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | have | gerund | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | explain speech: assert | to-infinitive | it | home | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3
The park keeper hearing them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 keeper | det |
| 2 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 keeper | compound |
| 3 | keeper | keeper | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | hearing | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keeper | acl |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 hearing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | gerund | the park keeper not said here | them = they | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A fall onto the hard ground, causing broken bones or a head injury
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 fall | det |
| 2 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 6 ground | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 ground | det |
| 5 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 ground | amod |
| 6 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fall | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 causing | punct |
| 8 | causing | cause | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 fall | conj |
| 9 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 bones | amod |
| 10 | bones | bone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 causing | obj |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 injury | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 injury | det |
| 13 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 injury | compound |
| 14 | injury | injury | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bones | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cause | gerund | broken bones or a head injury | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition bone=Patient | |||||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |
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