Test 6 · Sun safety
A dad needs to buy one thing quickly in a shop on a hot day. What should he do with his little son?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: dad · What happens: need, buy, do · To what, where: one thing, shop
This is test 6 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 dad needs to buy one thing quickly in a shop on a hot day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 dad | det |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 needs | nsubj |
| 3 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 buy | mark |
| 5 | buy | buy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 needs | xcomp |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 thing | nummod |
| 7 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obj |
| 8 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 buy | advmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 shop | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 shop | det |
| 11 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obl |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 day | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 day | det |
| 14 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 day | amod |
| 15 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 buy | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 needs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | a dad | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | buy not said to happen | to-infinitive | a dad not said here | one thing | a shop | day | quickly property | vn accept-77.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme |
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 should he do with his little son?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 son | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 son | nmod:poss |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 son | amod |
| 8 | son | son | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | dad | with dad's little son | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Leave him in the car with the engine off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 car | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 engine | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 engine | det |
| 8 | engine | engine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Leave | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave off | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the car | with the engine | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in car=Location |
Option 2
Leave him in the car for just five minutes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 car | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 minutes | case |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 five | advmod |
| 8 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 minutes | nummod |
| 9 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the car | minute | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme in car=Location |
Option 3
Leave him in the car with the windows closed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 car | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 windows | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 windows | det |
| 8 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Leave | obl |
| 9 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Leave | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the car | with the windows | tree rules | ||
| 2 | close | participle | him = he not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Take him into the shop with him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | into | into | ADP | _ | 5 shop | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 shop | det |
| 5 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | him = he | the shop | with him = he | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme into shop=Destination |
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