Test 6 · ★ · A pet is a responsibility
A hamster's cage is put on a sunny windowsill in summer. What is the danger?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: danger · What happens: put, be · To what, where: cage, sunny windowsill
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 65 «A pet is a responsibility» 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 hamster's cage is put on a sunny windowsill in summer.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hamster | det |
| 2 | hamster | hamster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cage | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 hamster | case |
| 4 | cage | cage | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 put | aux:pass |
| 6 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 windowsill | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 windowsill | det |
| 9 | sunny | sunny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 windowsill | amod |
| 10 | windowsill | windowsill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | obl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 summer | case |
| 12 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 put | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 put | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | present · passive | a hamster's cage | a sunny windowsill | summer | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: subject=Theme on windowsill=Destination |
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 is the danger?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 danger | det |
| 4 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It will get a suntan
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 | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 suntan | det |
| 5 | suntan | suntan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | It | a suntan | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer suntan=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It can overheat and die quickly
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 | 3 overheat | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 overheat | aux |
| 3 | overheat | overheat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 die | cc |
| 5 | die | die | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 overheat | conj |
| 6 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 5 die | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | overheat | can | It | vn cooking-45.3 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | die | infinitive | quickly property | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
The sun will make it sleep too much
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sun | det |
| 2 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 make | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 make | aux |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 much | advmod |
| 8 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | future | the sun | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sleep | infinitive | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Nothing, hamsters love sunshine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 hamsters | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | hamsters | hamster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 love | nsubj |
| 4 | love | love | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 love | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | love | present | Nothing hamsters | sunshine | vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sunshine=Stimulus |
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