Test 4 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people
A tricky person asks for help finding a lost kitten. Why is this a trick that often works?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: tricky person, help, trick · What happens: ask, find, lose, be, work · To what, where: lost kitten, trick
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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 tricky person asks for help finding a lost kitten.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 2 | tricky | tricky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | nsubj |
| 4 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 help | case |
| 6 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asks | obl |
| 7 | finding | find | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 help | acl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 kitten | det |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 kitten | amod |
| 10 | kitten | kitten | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 finding | obj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 asks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | present | a tricky person | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | find | gerund | help not said here | a lost kitten | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Topic | ||||
| 3 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why is this a trick that often works?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 trick | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trick | cop |
| 3 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 trick | det |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 trick | det |
| 5 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 works | nsubj |
| 7 | often | often | ADV | _ | 8 works | advmod |
| 8 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trick | acl:relcl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 trick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | this trick | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | work | present | this trick | often property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Kittens are easy to find anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 easy | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 easy | cop |
| 3 | easy | easy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 find | mark |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 easy | csubj |
| 6 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 find | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Kittens | easy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | find | to-infinitive | anywhere property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Children always know where kittens are
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 know | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 know | advmod |
| 3 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 3 know | ccomp |
| 5 | kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 where | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | Children | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | is | present | kittens | where property | tree rules |
Option 3
It is not a trick, kittens get lost all the time
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 trick | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 trick | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 trick | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 trick | det |
| 5 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 lost | punct |
| 7 | kittens | kitten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 lost | aux:pass |
| 9 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 trick | conj |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 time | det:predet |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 time | det |
| 12 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 lost | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | It | a trick | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | present · passive | kittens | time | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Children are kind and want to help animals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 kind | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | cop |
| 3 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 want | cc |
| 5 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 kind | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 help | mark |
| 7 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 want | xcomp |
| 8 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 help | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Children | kind property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | want | present | Children not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | help not said to happen | to-infinitive | Children not said here | animals | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent animal=Beneficiary |
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