Test 1 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet
A girl in Melbourne lets her budgie fly in the lounge while the ceiling fan is spinning. Why is that dangerous?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, budgie, ceiling fan · What happens: let, fly, spin, be · To what, where: budgie, lounge
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 64 «Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet» 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 girl in Melbourne lets her budgie fly in the lounge while the ceiling fan is spinning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Melbourne | case |
| 4 | Melbourne | Melbourne | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 budgie | nmod:poss |
| 7 | budgie | budgie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lets | obj |
| 8 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 lets | xcomp |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 lounge | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 lounge | det |
| 11 | lounge | lounge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fly | obl |
| 12 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 17 spinning | mark |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 fan | det |
| 14 | ceiling | ceiling | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 fan | compound |
| 15 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 spinning | nsubj |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 17 spinning | aux |
| 17 | spinning | spin | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 fly | advcl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | a girl in Melbourne | girl's budgie | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fly | present | girl's budgie not said here | the lounge | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in lounge=Location | ||||
| 3 | spin | present · progressive | the ceiling fan | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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: Why is that dangerous?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 dangerous | mark |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 dangerous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | dangerous property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The fan will blow away its food
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fan | det |
| 2 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blow | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 blow | aux |
| 4 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 blow | advmod |
| 6 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 food | nmod:poss |
| 7 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 blow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | blow away | future | the fan | fan's food | away property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent food=Patient |
Option 2
Budgies are frightened of the colour of fans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Budgies | budgie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 frightened | aux:pass |
| 3 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 colour | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 colour | det |
| 6 | colour | colour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 frightened | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 fans | case |
| 8 | fans | fan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 colour | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | frighten | present · passive | Budgies | of the colour of fans | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 3
The fan makes the bird too cold to fly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 fan | det |
| 2 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bird | det |
| 5 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 cold | advmod |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 makes | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fly | mark |
| 9 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 cold | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | the fan | the bird | cold property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bird=Product | |||
| 2 | fly | to-infinitive | the fan not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The bird can fly into the fan and be badly hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 bird | det |
| 2 | bird | bird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fly | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 fly | aux |
| 4 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 fan | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fan | det |
| 7 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fly | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 hurt | cc |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 hurt | aux:pass |
| 10 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 11 hurt | advmod |
| 11 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 fly | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | can | the bird | into the fan result | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into fan=Result | ||||
| 2 | hurt | infinitive · passive | the bird not said here | badly property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
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