Test 10 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet
letting the budgie out for a fly, anything i gotta do first
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, letting · What happens: let out, gotta, do · To what, where: budgie
This is test 10 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | letting | let | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 12 do | csubj |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 budgie | det |
| 3 | budgie | budgie | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 letting | obj |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 letting | compound:prt |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 fly | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 fly | det |
| 7 | fly | fly | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 letting | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 anything | punct |
| 9 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 fly | conj |
| 10 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 gotta | nsubj |
| 11 | gotta | gotta | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 anything | acl:relcl |
| 12 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 13 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 12 do | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let out | gerund | the budgie | for a fly | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent budgie=Theme for fly=Asset | ||||
| 2 | gotta | present | i | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | do | present | letting | first property | vn act-114-1 «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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Close windows and doors, cover mirrors, turn off fans
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | windows | window | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Close | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 doors | cc |
| 4 | doors | door | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 windows | conj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 cover | punct |
| 6 | cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Close | advcl |
| 7 | mirrors | mirror | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 cover | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 turn | punct |
| 9 | turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Close | conj |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 9 turn | compound:prt |
| 11 | fans | fan | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 turn | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | imperative | you not said here | windows and doors | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient | ||||
| 2 | cover | present | you not said here | mirrors | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme mirror=Destination | ||||
| 3 | turn off | infinitive | you not said here | fans | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent fan=Patient |
Option 2
Nothing, birds know how to stay safe indoors, they're clever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 4 know | vocative |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 know | nsubj |
| 4 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 stay | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stay | mark |
| 7 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 know | ccomp |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stay | xcomp |
| 9 | indoors | indoors | ADV | _ | 7 stay | advmod |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 know | punct |
| 11 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 clever | nsubj |
| 12 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 clever | cop |
| 13 | clever | clever | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present | birds | Nothing vocative | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | indoors, safe property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | is | present | birds = bird | clever property | tree rules |
Option 3
Turn on the fan to help it fly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 fan | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 fan | det |
| 4 | fan | fan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 help | mark |
| 6 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Turn | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 help | obj |
| 8 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 help | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | imperative | you not said here | the fan | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme on fan=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | help | to-infinitive | you not said here | fan | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent it=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fly | infinitive | fan not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Open a window so it gets fresh air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 window | det |
| 3 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Open | obj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 gets | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Open | advcl |
| 7 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 air | amod |
| 8 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gets | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | a window | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | window | fresh air | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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