Test 14 · ★★ · Birds, reptiles and choosing a pet
can i kiss the lizard, he's so cute
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, he · What happens: kiss, be · To what, where: lizard
This is test 14 · ★★ 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 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 kiss | aux |
| 2 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 kiss | nsubj |
| 3 | kiss | kiss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 lizard | det |
| 5 | lizard | lizard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 kiss | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 kiss | punct |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cute | nsubj |
| 8 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cute | cop |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 cute | advmod |
| 10 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kiss | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kiss | can | i | the lizard | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lizard=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | he | cute property | tree rules |
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
Yes, if it is a baby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 baby | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 baby | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 baby | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 baby | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 baby | det |
| 7 | baby | baby | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a baby | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, but only on the head
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 head | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 7 head | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 head | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 head | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 head | det |
| 7 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, reptiles carry germs, wash your hands after
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 carry | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | reptiles | reptile | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | nsubj |
| 4 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | germs | germ | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 carry | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 wash | punct |
| 7 | wash | wash | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 carry | conj |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 hands | nmod:poss |
| 9 | hands | hand | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 wash | obj |
| 10 | after | after | ADP | _ | 7 wash | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | reptiles | germs | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent germ=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wash after | infinitive | reptiles not said here | your hands | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Patient |
Option 4
Yes, lizards are very clean, cleaner than dogs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 clean | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | lizards | lizard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 clean | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 clean | cop |
| 5 | very | very | ADV | _ | 6 clean | advmod |
| 6 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 cleaner | punct |
| 8 | cleaner | clean | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 clean | conj |
| 9 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 dogs | case |
| 10 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cleaner | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | lizards | clean property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | lizards not said here | than dogs | tree rules |
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