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Test 1 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill

A boy in Sydney sees his baby cousin about to be given whole grapes. What could he tell an adult?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: see, give, tell · To what, where: baby cousin, whole grapes, adult · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 81 «Food, drinks and feeling ill» 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 boy in Sydney sees his baby cousin about to be given whole grapes.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Sydney	case
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 cousin	nmod:poss
7	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cousin	compound
8	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	obj
9	about	about	ADV	_	12 given	advmod
10	to	to	PART	_	12 given	mark
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 given	aux:pass
12	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 sees	advcl
13	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 grapes	amod
14	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 given	obj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	a boy in Sydney	boy's baby cousin					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cousin=Stimulus
2	give	to-infinitive · passive	a boy in Sydney not said here	whole grapes				about property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: grape=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.

Sentence 2: What could he tell an adult?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	could	boy		a adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient adult=Topic

The options

Option 1

Grapes should be peeled but left whole so they go down

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 peeled	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 peeled	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 peeled	aux:pass
4	peeled	peel	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 left	cc
6	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 peeled	conj
7	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 left	xcomp
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 peeled	advcl
11	down	down	ADV	_	10 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	peel	should · passive		Grapes					vn pit-10.7 «NP V NP»: subject=Source
2	leave	past						whole property	vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go down	present	Grapes = grape					down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 2

Grapes are fine if the baby is sitting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 sitting	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 baby	det
6	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sitting	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sitting	aux
8	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Grapes					fine property	tree rules
2	sit a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	the baby						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Babies should have the grapes frozen hard first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 have	aux
3	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 grapes	det
5	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 have	obj
6	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 grapes	acl
7	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 frozen	advmod
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	should	Babies	the grapes				first property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent grape=Patient
2	freeze	participle		the grapes not said here				hard property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Small children's grapes should be cut lengthways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 children	amod
2	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 grapes	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 children	case
4	grapes	grape	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 cut	nsubj:pass
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 cut	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	7 cut	aux:pass
7	cut	cut	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	lengthways	lengthways	ADV	_	7 cut	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cut	should · passive		Small children's grapes				lengthways property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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