Test 12 · ★★ · Allergies, horses and farm animals
horse in the field looks hungry, can i give him my apple
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: horse, i · What happens: look, give · To what, where: apple, horse
This is test 12 · ★★ of lesson 67 «Allergies, horses and farm animals» 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 | horse | horse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 field | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 field | det |
| 4 | field | field | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 horse | nmod |
| 5 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | hungry | hungry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 looks | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 give | punct |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 give | aux |
| 9 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 give | nsubj |
| 10 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 looks | conj |
| 11 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 give | iobj |
| 12 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 apple | nmod:poss |
| 13 | apple | apple | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | horse in the field | hungry property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | give | can | i | my apple | horse | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient apple=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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, throw it over the fence to him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 throw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 throw | obj |
| 5 | over | over | ADP | _ | 7 fence | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fence | det |
| 7 | fence | fence | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 throw | obl |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 him | case |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 throw | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | it | him = he | the fence | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent it=Theme over fence=Destination |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Only with the owner's permission, on a flat hand
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 permission | advmod |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 permission | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 owner | det |
| 4 | owner | owner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 permission | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 owner | case |
| 6 | permission | permission | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 permission | punct |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 hand | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 hand | det |
| 10 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 hand | amod |
| 11 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 permission | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | permit | the owner | a flat hand | nom permission «communication transitive»: poss=agent on=place |
Option 3
Yes, hold it in your fingers for him to nibble
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 hold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 hold | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 fingers | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 fingers | nmod:poss |
| 7 | fingers | finger | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hold | obl |
| 8 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 11 nibble | mark |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 nibble | nsubj |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 nibble | mark |
| 11 | nibble | nibble | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 hold | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | it | your fingers | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in finger=Location | |||
| 2 | nibble | to-infinitive | him = he | vn chew-39.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, horses can eat anything you have
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 eat | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | horses | horse | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 eat | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 eat | aux |
| 5 | eat | eat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 eat | obj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 have | nsubj |
| 8 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 anything | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | can | horses | anything | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | you | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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