Test 6 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather
A family in Auckland starts a beach day in sunshine. Why might they pack jumpers too?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, they · What happens: start, pack · To what, where: jumpers
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 79 «Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather» 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 family in Auckland starts a beach day in sunshine.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starts | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Auckland | case |
| 4 | Auckland | Auckland | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 day | det |
| 7 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 day | compound |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 starts | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 sunshine | case |
| 10 | sunshine | sunshine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 day | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 starts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | a family in Auckland | day | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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: Why might they pack jumpers too?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 pack | advmod |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pack | aux |
| 3 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pack | nsubj |
| 4 | pack | pack | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 pack | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 pack | advmod |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 pack | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | might | they | jumpers | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme jumper=Destination |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The weather can change during the day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 weather | det |
| 2 | weather | weather | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 change | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 change | aux |
| 4 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | during | during | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 change | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | change | can | the weather | day | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
It is polite to carry jumpers
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 polite | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 polite | cop |
| 3 | polite | polite | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 carry | mark |
| 5 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 polite | xcomp |
| 6 | jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 carry | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | polite property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | carry | to-infinitive | jumpers | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=Theme |
Option 3
Jumpers keep the sand off their clothes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sand | det |
| 4 | sand | sand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 keep | obj |
| 5 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 clothes | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 clothes | nmod:poss |
| 7 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 2 keep | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | Jumpers | the sand | off Jumpers's clothes | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sand=Theme |
Option 4
Jumpers protect from sunburn best
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jumpers | jumper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 protect | nsubj |
| 2 | protect | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 4 sunburn | case |
| 4 | sunburn | sunburn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protect | obl |
| 5 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 sunburn | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | Jumpers | from sunburn best | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent from sunburn=Theme |
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