Test 1 · ★★ · Keeping garden wildlife safe
A girl in Yorkshire is helping build a bonfire for Bonfire Night. What should the family do before lighting it?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: help, build, light · To what, where: bonfire, family
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 72 «Keeping garden wildlife safe» 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 girl in Yorkshire is helping build a bonfire for Bonfire Night.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 helping | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Yorkshire | case |
| 4 | Yorkshire | Yorkshire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 helping | aux |
| 6 | helping | help | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | build | build | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 helping | xcomp |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bonfire | det |
| 9 | bonfire | bonfire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 build | obj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 Night | case |
| 11 | Bonfire | Bonfire | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 Night | compound |
| 12 | Night | Night | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 build | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 helping | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present · progressive | a girl in Yorkshire | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | build | infinitive | a girl in Yorkshire not said here | a bonfire | for Bonfire Night | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent bonfire=Product for night=Beneficiary |
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 should the family do before lighting it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 lighting | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 lighting | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 family | det |
| 4 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lighting | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lighting | aux |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 lighting | mark |
| 7 | lighting | light | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 lighting | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 lighting | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | light | should · do-support | family | vn preparing-26.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Check the pile carefully for hedgehogs, or move it first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pile | det |
| 3 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Check | obj |
| 4 | carefully | carefully | ADV | _ | 1 Check | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 hedgehogs | case |
| 6 | hedgehogs | hedgehog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Check | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 move | punct |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 move | cc |
| 9 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Check | conj |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 move | obj |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 9 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | check | imperative | you not said here | the pile | for hedgehogs; carefully property | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent pile=Theme for hedgehog=Attribute | |||
| 2 | move | infinitive | you not said here | pile | first property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2
Bang the pile with a spade only once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bang | bang | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pile | det |
| 3 | pile | pile | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bang | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 spade | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 spade | det |
| 6 | spade | spade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Bang | obl |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 once | advmod |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Bang | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bang | imperative | you not said here | the pile | with a spade; once property | vn hit-18.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent pile=Patient with spade=Instrument |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Pour petrol on it to make it burn fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 it | case |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Pour | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 make | mark |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Pour | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | burn | burn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 make | xcomp |
| 9 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 8 burn | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | imperative | you not said here | petrol | petrol | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent petrol=Patient | |||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | petrol | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | burn | infinitive | petrol not said here | fast property | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Light it quickly before any animals can move in and make a home
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Light | nsubj |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Light | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 move | mark |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 animals | det |
| 6 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 move | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 move | aux |
| 8 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Light | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADV | _ | 8 move | advmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 make | cc |
| 11 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 move | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 home | det |
| 13 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move in | can | any animals | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | make | infinitive | any animals not said here | a home | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset home=Product |
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