Test 5 · ★ · Lost outdoors
A boy lost on a cold evening has a bright red jacket and a whistle. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: lose, have, do · To what, where: boy, bright red jacket
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 49 «Lost 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 boy lost on a cold evening has a bright red jacket and a whistle.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | nsubj |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 boy | acl |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 evening | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 evening | det |
| 6 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 evening | amod |
| 7 | evening | evening | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 jacket | det |
| 10 | bright | bright | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 jacket | amod |
| 11 | red | red | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 jacket | amod |
| 12 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 has | obj |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 whistle | cc |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 whistle | det |
| 15 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 jacket | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 has | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | participle | a boy not said here | evening | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | have | present | a boy | a bright red jacket and a whistle | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacket=Patient |
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?
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 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Take off the jacket so he can run faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Take | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 jacket | det |
| 4 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 run | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 run | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 run | aux |
| 8 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Take | advcl |
| 9 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | imperative | you not said here | the jacket | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacket=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run | can | he | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Put on the jacket, stay put and blow three blasts on the whistle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 jacket | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 jacket | det |
| 4 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stay | punct |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 stay | xcomp |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 blow | cc |
| 9 | blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Put | conj |
| 10 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 blasts | nummod |
| 11 | blasts | blast | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 blow | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 whistle | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 whistle | det |
| 14 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 blow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | the jacket | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent on jacket=Destination | ||||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | put | participle | you not said here | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | blow | infinitive | you not said here | three blasts | the whistle | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent blast=Patient |
Option 3
Hide the jacket so animals do not see it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 jacket | det |
| 3 | jacket | jacket | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hide | obj |
| 4 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 see | mark |
| 5 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 see | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 see | advmod |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Hide | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | the jacket | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jacket=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not see | present · do-support | animals | jacket | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Save the whistle for the morning, when there are more people about to hear it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 whistle | det |
| 3 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Save | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 morning | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 morning | det |
| 6 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Save | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 are | punct |
| 8 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 10 are | mark |
| 9 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 10 are | expl |
| 10 | are | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Save | advcl |
| 11 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 12 people | amod |
| 12 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 are | nsubj |
| 13 | about | about | SCONJ | _ | 15 hear | mark |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 hear | mark |
| 15 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 people | acl |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 15 hear | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | save | imperative | you not said here | the whistle | morning | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent whistle=Theme | |||
| 2 | does | present | more people | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | hear | to-infinitive | more people not said here | whistle | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
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