Test 8 · ★ · Hair, nails and ears
After a swim in a lake in Ontario a girl's ear feels full of water. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ear · What happens: feel, do
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 77 «Hair, nails and ears» 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: After a swim in a lake in Ontario a girl's ear feels full of water.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | After | after | ADP | _ | 3 swim | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 swim | det |
| 3 | swim | swim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 feels | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 lake | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 lake | det |
| 6 | lake | lake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swim | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Ontario | case |
| 8 | Ontario | Ontario | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 lake | nmod |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 girl | det |
| 10 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 ear | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 girl | case |
| 12 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 feels | nsubj |
| 13 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 14 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 feels | xcomp |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 water | case |
| 16 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 full | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 13 feels | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | feel | present | a girl's ear | after a swim in a lake in Ontario | full property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | ear | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Shake her head hard while lying in the water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shake | shake | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 head | nmod:poss |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Shake | obj |
| 4 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Shake | advmod |
| 5 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 6 lying | mark |
| 6 | lying | lie | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Shake | advcl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 water | det |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lying | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | imperative | you not said here | her head | hard property | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent head=Patient | |||
| 2 | lie | gerund | you not said here | the water | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in water=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tilt her head and let it drain, then dry the outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tilt | tilt | ADP | _ | 3 head | case |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 head | nmod:poss |
| 3 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 let | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 let | cc |
| 5 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 let | obj |
| 7 | drain | drain | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 let | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 dry | punct |
| 9 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 10 dry | advmod |
| 10 | dry | dry | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 let | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 outside | det |
| 12 | outside | outside | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 dry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | head | tilt her head | tree rules | |||
| 2 | drain | infinitive | head not said here | vn clear-10.3-1 «NP.Source V»: agent=Source | |||||
| 3 | dry | infinitive | you not said here | the outside | then | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient outside=Result |
Option 3
Keep it in so it washes out all the old wax
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 1 Keep | compound:prt |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 washes | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 washes | nsubj |
| 6 | washes | wash | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 washes | compound:prt |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 wax | det:predet |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wax | det |
| 10 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 wax | amod |
| 11 | wax | wax | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 washes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep in | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wash out | present | it | all old wax | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Stick a cotton bud in to soak it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stick | stick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bud | det |
| 3 | cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bud | compound |
| 4 | bud | bud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stick | obj |
| 5 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 7 soak | mark |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 soak | mark |
| 7 | soak | soak | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Stick | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 soak | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 soak | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stick | imperative | you not said here | a cotton bud | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent bud=Theme | ||||
| 2 | soak up | to-infinitive | you not said here | bud | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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