Test 10 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours
spider in my room, gonna squish it
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: spider · What happens: squish · To what, where: room
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 69 «Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours» 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 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 squish | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 room | case |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 room | nmod:poss |
| 4 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 spider | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 squish | punct |
| 6 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 7 squish | dep |
| 7 | squish | squish | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 squish | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squish | infinitive | spider in my room | room | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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
Spray water on it till it leaves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spray | spray | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Spray | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spray | obl |
| 5 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 7 leaves | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 leaves | nsubj |
| 7 | leaves | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spray | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spray | imperative | you not said here | water | water | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent water=Theme on it=Destination | |||
| 2 | leave | present | water | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Squish it, all spiders are dangerous n bite
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Squish | squish | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Squish | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bite | punct |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 spiders | det |
| 5 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bite | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bite | cop |
| 7 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bite | amod |
| 8 | n | n | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 bite | amod |
| 9 | bite | bite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Squish | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | squish | imperative | you not said here | it | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | all spiders | dangerous n bite | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Catch it under a cup with a card, put it outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Catch | catch | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Catch | obj |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 cup | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cup | det |
| 5 | cup | cup | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Catch | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 card | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 card | det |
| 8 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Catch | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 put | punct |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Catch | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 put | obj |
| 12 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 10 put | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | imperative | you not said here | it | a cup | with a card | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||
| 2 | put | infinitive | you not said here | card | outside property | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal |
Option 4
Leave it, it will crawl in your mouth at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 crawl | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 crawl | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 crawl | aux |
| 6 | crawl | crawl | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | conj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 mouth | case |
| 8 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 9 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crawl | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 night | case |
| 11 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 crawl | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | crawl | future | it | your mouth | night | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in mouth=Trajectory |
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