Test 14 · ★ · Eyes, nose and using the toilet
sand in my eye, rubbing it hard
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: sand · What happens: rub · To what, where: eye
This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 78 «Eyes, nose and using the toilet» 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 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rubbing | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 eye | case |
| 3 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 eye | nmod:poss |
| 4 | eye | eye | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 sand | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 rubbing | punct |
| 6 | rubbing | rub | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 rubbing | obj |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rubbing | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | gerund | sand in my eye | eye | hard property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: 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
Close it and sleep with it in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Close | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 sleep | cc |
| 4 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Close | conj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 sleep | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 sleep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | imperative | you not said here | it | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | ||||
| 2 | sleep | infinitive | you not said here | with it | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Poke it out with a finger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Poke | poke | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Poke | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Poke | compound:prt |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 finger | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 finger | det |
| 6 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Poke | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poke out | imperative | you not said here | it | with a finger | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme PP.instsrument»: agent=Agent it=Theme with finger=Instrument |
Option 3
Rub harder and faster with your knuckle until the sand comes out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rub | rub | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 harder | obl:unmarked |
| 2 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 faster | cc |
| 4 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 harder | conj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 knuckle | case |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 knuckle | nmod:poss |
| 7 | knuckle | knuckle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 faster | obl |
| 8 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 comes | mark |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 sand | det |
| 10 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 comes | nsubj |
| 11 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 harder | advcl |
| 12 | out | out | ADP | _ | 11 comes | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | present | the sand | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stop rubbing, blink and rinse with clean water, tell an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | rubbing | rub | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Stop | xcomp |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 blink | punct |
| 4 | blink | blink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 rinse | cc |
| 6 | rinse | rinse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 blink | conj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 water | case |
| 8 | clean | clean | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 water | amod |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rinse | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 tell | punct |
| 11 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 adult | det |
| 13 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | rub | gerund | you not said here | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | blink | infinitive | you not said here | vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | rinse | infinitive | you not said here | with clean water | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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