Test 13 · Climbing trees and playgrounds
can we climb the big tree near the power lines
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: climb · To what, where: big tree, power lines
This is test 13 of lesson 4 «Climbing trees and playgrounds» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 climb | aux |
| 2 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 climb | nsubj |
| 3 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 5 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 tree | amod |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 climb | obj |
| 7 | near | near | ADP | _ | 10 lines | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lines | det |
| 9 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 lines | compound |
| 10 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 climb | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | can | we | the big tree | the power lines | tree rules |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, stay well away from power lines
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 away | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 stay | advmod |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 lines | case |
| 7 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 lines | compound |
| 8 | lines | line | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 away | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, if the wires look old
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 look | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 look | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 look | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 wires | det |
| 5 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 look | nsubj |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 look | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | the wires | old property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3
Yes, rubber shoes keep you safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 keep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 keep | punct |
| 3 | rubber | rubber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shoes | compound |
| 4 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | obj |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | rubber shoes | you | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, if you don't touch the wires with your hands
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 touch | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 touch | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 touch | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 touch | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 touch | advmod |
| 7 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wires | det |
| 9 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 touch | obj |
| 10 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 hands | case |
| 11 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 hands | nmod:poss |
| 12 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 touch | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | present · do-support | you | the wires | with your hands | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent wire=Experiencer with hand=Instrument |
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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