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Test 1 · Sun safety

A boy in Brisbane says he does not need a hat because the day is cloudy and cool. What would you tell him?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, day, you · What happens: say, not need, be, tell · To what, where: hat, boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» 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: A boy in Brisbane says he does not need a hat because the day is cloudy and cool.

detnsubjcasenmodnsubjauxadvmodccompdetobjmarkdetnsubjcopadvclccconjpunctrootADETboyNOUNinADPBrisbanePROPNsaysVERBhePRONdoesAUXnotPARTneedVERBaDEThatNOUNbecauseSCONJtheDETdayNOUNisAUXcloudyADJandCCONJcoolADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 boydet
2boyboyNOUNNumber=Sing5 saysnsubj
3ininADP_4 Brisbanecase
4BrisbaneBrisbanePROPNNumber=Sing2 boynmod
5sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 neednsubj
7doesdoAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 needaux
8notnotPARTPolarity=Neg9 needadvmod
9needneedVERBVerbForm=Inf5 saysccomp
10aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 hatdet
11hathatNOUNNumber=Sing9 needobj
12becausebecauseSCONJ_16 cloudymark
13thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art14 daydet
14daydayNOUNNumber=Sing16 cloudynsubj
15isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin16 cloudycop
16cloudycloudyADJDegree=Pos9 needadvcl
17andandCCONJ_18 coolcc
18coolcoolADJDegree=Pos16 cloudyconj
19..PUNCT_5 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta boy in Brisbanevn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2not needpresent · do-supportboya hatvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hat=Theme
3ispresentthe daycloudy propertytree rules
4bethe day not said heretree 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.

Sentence 2: What would you tell him?

objauxnsubjiobjpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXyouPRONtellVERBhimPRON?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int4 tellobj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin4 tellaux
3youyouPRONCase=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs4 tellnsubj
4telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5himhePRONCase=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 telliobj
6??PUNCT_4 tellpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1tell speech: assertwouldyouboyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

UV gets through clouds and burns without feeling hot

nsubjcaseoblccconjmarkadvclxcomprootUVNOUNgetsVERBthroughADPcloudsNOUNandCCONJburnsNOUNwithoutSCONJfeelingVERBhotADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1UVultra-violetNOUNAbbr=Yes Number=Sing2 getsnsubj
2getsgetVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3throughthroughADP_4 cloudscase
4cloudscloudNOUNNumber=Plur2 getsobl
5andandCCONJ_6 burnscc
6burnsburnNOUNNumber=Plur4 cloudsconj
7withoutwithoutSCONJ_8 feelingmark
8feelingfeelVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part2 getsadvcl
9hothotADJDegree=Pos8 feelingxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getpresentUVclouds and burnsvn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme through cloud=Destination
2feelgerundUV not said herehot propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He only needs a hat at sunset

nsubjadvmoddetobjcaseoblrootHePRONonlyADVneedsVERBaDEThatNOUNatADPsunsetNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 needsnsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 needsadvmod
3needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 hatdet
5hathatNOUNNumber=Sing3 needsobj
6atatADP_7 sunsetcase
7sunsetsunsetNOUNNumber=Sing3 needsobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpresentHea hatsunsetvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hat=Theme

Option 3

He is right, clouds block all the sunburn on a cool day

nsubjcoppunctnsubjconjdet:predetdetobjcasedetamodoblrootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTcloudsNOUNblockVERBallDETtheDETsunburnNOUNonADPaDETcoolADJdayNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_6 blockpunct
5cloudscloudNOUNNumber=Plur6 blocknsubj
6blockblockVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightconj
7allallDETPronType=Tot9 sunburndet:predet
8thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 sunburndet
9sunburnsunburnNOUNNumber=Sing6 blockobj
10ononADP_13 daycase
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art13 daydet
12coolcoolADJDegree=Pos13 dayamod
13daydayNOUNNumber=Sing6 blockobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2blockpresentcloudsall sunburndayvn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer sunburn=Theme

Option 4

He only needs a hat if he is swimming

nsubjadvmoddetobjmarknsubjauxadvclrootHePRONonlyADVneedsVERBaDEThatNOUNifSCONJhePRONisAUXswimmingVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 needsnsubj
2onlyonlyADV_3 needsadvmod
3needsneedVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 hatdet
5hathatNOUNNumber=Sing3 needsobj
6ififSCONJ_9 swimmingmark
7hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs9 swimmingnsubj
8isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 swimmingaux
9swimmingswimVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part3 needsadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1needpresentHea hatvn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hat=Theme
2swim a condition, not said to happenpresent · progressivehevn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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