Test 19 · Climbing trees and playgrounds
Ruby got stuck up the tree and cried till the fire brigade came lol, everyone's gonna know
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: fire brigade, everyone · What happens: stick up, cry, come, know · To what, where: Ruby
This is test 19 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 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 stuck | nsubj |
| 2 | got | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stuck | aux:pass |
| 3 | stuck | stick | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 stuck | compound:prt |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stuck | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 cried | cc |
| 8 | cried | cry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 stuck | conj |
| 9 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 13 came | mark |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 brigade | det |
| 11 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 brigade | compound |
| 12 | brigade | brigade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 came | nsubj |
| 13 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 cried | advcl |
| 14 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 3 stuck | discourse |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 know | punct |
| 16 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 19 know | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 16 everyone | case |
| 18 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 19 know | dep |
| 19 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stuck | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick up | past · passive | Ruby | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP ADVP»: subject=Theme tree=Destination | |||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | past | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | come | past | the fire brigade | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | know | infinitive | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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
Do not spread it; getting stuck can happen to anyone and she was scared
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 spread | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 spread | advmod |
| 3 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 spread | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 happen | punct |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 happen | csubj |
| 7 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 getting | xcomp |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 happen | aux |
| 9 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 spread | parataxis |
| 10 | to | to | ADP | _ | 11 anyone | case |
| 11 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 happen | obl |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 scared | cc |
| 13 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 scared | nsubj |
| 14 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 15 scared | cop |
| 15 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spread | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not spread | imperative · do-support | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | gerund | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | happen | can | getting | to anyone | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | is | past | she | scared property | tree rules |
Option 2
Spread it, so she learns not to climb ever again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spread | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 learns | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 learns | advmod |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 learns | nsubj |
| 6 | learns | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spread | parataxis |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 climb | advmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 climb | mark |
| 9 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 learns | xcomp |
| 10 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 climb | advmod |
| 11 | again | again | ADV | _ | 9 climb | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | imperative | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | learn | present | she | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | not climb | to-infinitive | she not said here | ever; again | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Spread it, because the fire brigade makes it a great story
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spread | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 makes | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 makes | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 brigade | det |
| 6 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brigade | compound |
| 7 | brigade | brigade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 makes | nsubj |
| 8 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spread | parataxis |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 makes | obj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 story | det |
| 11 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 story | amod |
| 12 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | imperative | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | make | present | the fire brigade | it | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary story=Product |
Option 4
Spread it, but say it was someone else's sister
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spread | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| 4 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 5 say | cc |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spread | parataxis |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 someone | nsubj |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 someone | cop |
| 8 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 11 sister | nmod:poss |
| 9 | else | else | ADV | _ | 8 someone | advmod |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 8 someone | case |
| 11 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | imperative | you not said here | it | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | infinitive | someone's sister | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent sister=Topic | |||||
| 3 | is | past | it | 's someone; else property | tree rules |
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