Test 8 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather
A girl wants to wear flip-flops on a rocky mountain path in Colorado. Why is that a bad idea?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, wear, be · To what, where: flip flops, rocky mountain path, bad idea
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 girl wants to wear flip-flops on a rocky mountain path in Colorado.
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 | 3 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 wear | mark |
| 5 | wear | wear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | flip | flip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 flops | compound |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 flip | punct |
| 8 | flops | flop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wear | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 path | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 path | det |
| 11 | rocky | rocky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 path | amod |
| 12 | mountain | mountain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 path | compound |
| 13 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wear | obl |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 15 Colorado | case |
| 15 | Colorado | Colorado | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 path | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wear not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl not said here | flip flops | a rocky mountain path in Colorado | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent flop=Source |
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 is that a bad idea?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 idea | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 idea | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 idea | mark |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 idea | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 idea | amod |
| 6 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 idea | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a bad idea | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Flip-flops make you walk too fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flip | flip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flops | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Flip | punct |
| 3 | flops | flop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 make | nsubj |
| 4 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 make | obj |
| 6 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 make | xcomp |
| 7 | too | too | ADV | _ | 8 fast | advmod |
| 8 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Flip flops | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | walk | infinitive | you not said here | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Her feet need support and protection on the rocks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 feet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | nsubj |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 need | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 protection | cc |
| 6 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 support | conj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 rocks | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 rocks | det |
| 9 | rocks | rock | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Her feet | support and protection | the rocks | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot support=Theme |
Option 3
Flip-flops are too warm for hiking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Flip | flip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flops | compound |
| 2 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 1 Flip | punct |
| 3 | flops | flop | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 warm | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 warm | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 warm | advmod |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | SCONJ | _ | 8 hiking | mark |
| 8 | hiking | hike | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 warm | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Flip flops | warm property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | hike | gerund | Flip flops not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Mountains do not allow sandals
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mountains | mountain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allow | nsubj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 allow | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 allow | advmod |
| 4 | allow | allow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | sandals | sandal | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 allow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not allow | present · do-support | Mountains | sandals | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sandal=Beneficiary |
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