Test 18 · Hiking and the outdoors

my mate says to get a tick off u burn it with a match so it lets go

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, u · What happens: say, get, burn, let, go · To what, where: tick · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 get	mark
5	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tick	det
7	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 get	obj
8	off	off	ADP	_	10 burn	mark
9	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 burn	nsubj
10	burn	burn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 get	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 burn	obj
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 match	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 match	det
14	match	match	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 burn	obl
15	so	so	ADV	_	17 lets	advmod
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 lets	nsubj
17	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
18	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 lets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get	to-infinitive		a tick		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tick=Stimulus
3	burn	present	u	tick	with a match	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with match=Instrument
4	let	present	mate			tree rules
5	go	infinitive	mate not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

He is right, burning makes it let go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 makes	punct
5	burning	burn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 makes	nsubj
6	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	advcl
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 makes	obj
8	let	let	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 makes	xcomp
9	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	burn	gerund				vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	make	present		it		tree rules
4	let	infinitive				tree rules
5	go	infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He is right, then squeeze it hard

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 squeeze	punct
5	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 squeeze	advmod
6	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 squeeze	obj
8	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 squeeze	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	squeeze	infinitive	He not said here	it			then	hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 3

He is right, or cover it with butter or nail polish so it can't breathe and lets go

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cover	punct
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 cover	cc
6	cover	cover	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cover	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 polish	case
9	butter	butter	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 polish	compound
10	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 nail	cc
11	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 butter	conj
12	polish	polish	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cover	obl
13	so	so	ADV	_	17 breathe	advmod
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 breathe	nsubj
15	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 breathe	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 breathe	advmod
17	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 lets	cc
19	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 breathe	conj
20	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 breathe	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	cover	infinitive	He not said here	it	with butter polish	vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Destination with polish=Theme
3	not breathe	can	polish			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	let	present	polish not said here			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
5	go	infinitive	polish not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; an adult removes a tick with fine tweezers, pulling it straight out

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 removes	parataxis
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 removes	punct
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 adult	det
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removes	nsubj
5	removes	remove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 tick	det
7	tick	tick	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 removes	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 tweezers	case
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 tweezers	amod
10	tweezers	tweezer	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 removes	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 pulling	punct
12	pulling	pull	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 removes	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 pulling	obj
14	straight	straight	ADV	_	15 out	advmod
15	out	out	ADV	_	12 pulling	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remove	present	a adult	a tick				with fine tweezers	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tick=Theme
2	pull	gerund	a adult not said here	tick				out property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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