Test 19 · ★★ · Spiders, snakes and wild neighbours
everyone's saying Sam got bit by a spider cos he's dirty and gross, should i pass it on
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: everyone, Sam, i · What happens: say, get, be, pass on · To what, where: bit, spider cos · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★★ 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 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 saying | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | aux |
| 3 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 saying | ccomp |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | obj |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 cos | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cos | det |
| 9 | spider | spider | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 cos | compound |
| 10 | cos | cos | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 saying | obl |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 dirty | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 dirty | cop |
| 13 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 cos | acl:relcl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 gross | cc |
| 15 | gross | gross | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 dirty | conj |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 19 pass | punct |
| 17 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 19 pass | aux |
| 18 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 19 pass | nsubj |
| 19 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 saying | advcl |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 pass | obj |
| 21 | on | on | ADP | _ | 19 pass | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | everyone | by a spider cos | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get | past | Sam | bit | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bit=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | is | present | Sam | a spider cos not said here | dirty property | tree rules | |||
| 4 | be | Sam not said here | tree rules | ||||||
| 5 | pass on | should | i | bit | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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, if you add that it served him right
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 add | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 add | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 add | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 add | nsubj |
| 5 | add | add | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 served | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 served | nsubj |
| 8 | served | serve | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 add | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 served | obj |
| 10 | right | right | ADV | _ | 8 served | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | add speech: assert | present | you | vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | serve | past | it | him = he | right property | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute |
Option 2
Yes, but only to your close friends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 friends | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 8 friends | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 friends | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 friends | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 friends | nmod:poss |
| 7 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 friends | amod |
| 8 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, everyone should know he is dirty
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 know | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 5 know | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 know | aux |
| 5 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dirty | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dirty | cop |
| 8 | dirty | dirty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 know | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | should | everyone | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is | present | he | dirty property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it's unkind gossip; spiders bite anyone by chance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 gossip | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gossip | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gossip | cop |
| 5 | unkind | unkind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 gossip | amod |
| 6 | gossip | gossip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spiders | compound |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 gossip | punct |
| 8 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 bite | nsubj |
| 9 | bite | bite | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 bite | obj |
| 11 | by | by | ADP | _ | 12 chance | case |
| 12 | chance | chance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bite | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | unkind gossip | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bite | present | gossip spiders | anyone | by chance | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anyone=Patient by chance=Location |
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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