Test 6 · Hiking and the outdoors
A hiker in Scotland gets hurt and can no longer walk. She has a whistle. How should she call for help?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hiker · What happens: hurt, walk, have, call · To what, where: hiker, whistle · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: A hiker in Scotland gets hurt and can no longer walk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hiker | det |
| 2 | hiker | hiker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Scotland | case |
| 4 | Scotland | Scotland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hiker | nmod |
| 5 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 hurt | aux:pass |
| 6 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 walk | cc |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 walk | aux |
| 9 | no | no | ADV | _ | 10 longer | advmod |
| 10 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 11 walk | advmod |
| 11 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 hurt | conj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 hurt | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · passive | a hiker in Scotland | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | |||||
| 2 | walk | can | long property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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.
Sentence 2: She has a whistle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 whistle | det |
| 4 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | hiker | a whistle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient |
Sentence 3: How should she call for help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 call | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 call | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 call | nsubj |
| 4 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 help | case |
| 6 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 call | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 call | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | call | should | hiker | for help | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Blow softly so she does not scare the animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | softly | softly | ADV | _ | 1 Blow | advmod |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 scare | advmod |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 scare | nsubj |
| 5 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 scare | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 scare | advmod |
| 7 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Blow | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 animals | det |
| 9 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 scare | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | softly property | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not scare | present · do-support | she | the animals | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus animal=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Three loud blasts, then a pause, and repeat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 blasts | nummod |
| 2 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blasts | amod |
| 3 | blasts | blast | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 pause | punct |
| 5 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 pause | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pause | det |
| 7 | pause | pause | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 blasts | conj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 repeat | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 repeat | cc |
| 10 | repeat | repeat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 blasts | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | repeat | infinitive | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Blow it only when she sees someone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Blow | obj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 1 Blow | advmod |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 sees | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 sees | nsubj |
| 6 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Blow | advcl |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 sees | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow | imperative | you not said here | it | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | see | present | she | someone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Stimulus |
Option 4
One long blast, once only
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 blast | nummod |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 blast | amod |
| 3 | blast | blast | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 blast | punct |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 6 only | advmod |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 blast | advmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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