Test 9 · ★★ · Germs, sneezes and dressing for the weather
Your cousin's shoes from last year still go on but hurt. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: shoes · What happens: go on, hurt
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Your cousin's shoes from last year still go on but hurt.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 2 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shoes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 cousin | case |
| 4 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 go | nsubj |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 year | case |
| 6 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 year | amod |
| 7 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shoes | nmod |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| 9 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | on | on | ADV | _ | 9 go | advmod |
| 11 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 12 hurt | cc |
| 12 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 go | conj |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go on | present | Your cousin's shoes from last year | still | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hurt | infinitive | Your cousin's shoes from last year not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Children's feet grow fast and the shoes are now too small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 feet | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Children | case |
| 3 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 grow | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 small | cc |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 shoes | det |
| 8 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 small | nsubj |
| 9 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 small | cop |
| 10 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 small | advmod |
| 11 | too | too | ADV | _ | 12 small | advmod |
| 12 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 grow | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | present | Children's feet | fast property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the shoes | now | small property | tree rules |
Option 2
Her feet are swollen from walking all day in the cold
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 | 4 swollen | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 swollen | cop |
| 4 | swollen | swollen | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 walking | mark |
| 6 | walking | walk | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 swollen | advcl |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 8 day | det |
| 8 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walking | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 cold | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 cold | det |
| 11 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 walking | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Her feet | swollen property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | walk | gerund | Her feet not said here | the cold | day | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cold=Trajectory |
Option 3
Old shoes always hurt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shoes | amod |
| 2 | shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 hurt | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 hurt | advmod |
| 4 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present | Old shoes | always property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Shoes shrink a size in the cupboard every winter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shoes | shoe | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 shrink | nsubj |
| 2 | shrink | shrink | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 size | det |
| 4 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shrink | obj |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 cupboard | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 cupboard | det |
| 7 | cupboard | cupboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shrink | obl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 winter | det |
| 9 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shrink | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shrink | present | Shoes | a size | the cupboard | winter | vn bend-45.2 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent size=Patient |
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