Test 6 · ★★ · Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»
A cartoon babysitter kid fixes a broken arm with tape and a lolly. What should really happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: babysitter kid · What happens: fix, break, happen · To what, where: broken arm
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 502 «Minding the little ones: «you're the oldest»» 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 cartoon babysitter kid fixes a broken arm with tape and a lolly.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 kid | det |
| 2 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 babysitter | compound |
| 3 | babysitter | babysitter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 kid | compound |
| 4 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fixes | nsubj |
| 5 | fixes | fix | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 arm | det |
| 7 | broken | break | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 arm | amod |
| 8 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 fixes | obj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 tape | case |
| 10 | tape | tape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 arm | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 lolly | cc |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 lolly | det |
| 13 | lolly | lolly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tape | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 fixes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fix | present | a babysitter kid | a broken arm | with tape and a lolly | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent arm=Patient with tape=Co-Patient | |||
| 2 | break | participle | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=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 really happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | really | really | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | should | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get a grown-up straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 grown | det |
| 3 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 grown | compound:prt |
| 6 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 7 away | advmod |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | away property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | grow up | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Just give two lollies
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Just | just | ADV | _ | 2 give | advmod |
| 2 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 lollies | nummod |
| 4 | lollies | lolly | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | two lollies | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lolly=Theme |
Option 3
Tape works fine for arms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tape | tape | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 works | nsubj |
| 2 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 works | xcomp |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 arms | case |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Tape | for arms; fine property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for arm=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Wait till tea time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | till | till | ADP | _ | 4 time | case |
| 3 | tea | tea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 time | compound |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | time | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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