Test 4 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is
Big kid: «eat this bug, you'll get superpowers». What's the right reply for the little one?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, right reply · What happens: eat, get, be · To what, where: bug, superpowers
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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: Big kid: «eat this bug, you'll get superpowers».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 kid | amod |
| 2 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 5 eat | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 eat | punct |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 kid | parataxis |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 bug | det |
| 7 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 eat | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 get | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 get | aux |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 eat | conj |
| 12 | superpowers | superpower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 get | obj |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 eat | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 kid | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat in a quote | infinitive | this bug | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bug=Patient | |||||
| 2 | get in a quote | future | you | superpowers | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer superpower=Stimulus |
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 right reply for the little one?
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 reply | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 reply | amod |
| 5 | reply | reply | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 one | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 one | det |
| 8 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 one | amod |
| 9 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 reply | nmod |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right reply for the little one | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
No, and tell a grown-up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 tell | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 up | det |
| 6 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 up | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 8 up | punct |
| 8 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a grown up | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient |
Option 2
Only if it's a small bug
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 7 bug | advmod |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 bug | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 bug | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 bug | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 bug | det |
| 6 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bug | amod |
| 7 | bug | bug | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a small bug | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, superpowers sound great
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 sound | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | superpowers | superpower | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 sound | nsubj |
| 4 | sound | sound | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sound | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sound | present | superpowers | great property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Ask which superpower first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 3 superpower | det |
| 3 | superpower | superpower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Ask | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | which superpower | first property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent superpower=Recipient |
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