Test 18 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill
my mum's mate said a kid at football collapsed in the heat cos he didn't drink all day, what's the real lesson
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, kid, heat, day · What happens: say, collapse, co, not drink, be · To what, where: real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 mate | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 mum | case |
| 4 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 said | nsubj |
| 5 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 kid | det |
| 7 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 collapsed | nsubj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 football | case |
| 9 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 kid | nmod |
| 10 | collapsed | collapse | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 said | ccomp |
| 11 | in | in | SCONJ | _ | 14 cos | mark |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 heat | det |
| 13 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 cos | nsubj |
| 14 | cos | co | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 collapsed | advcl |
| 15 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 drink | nsubj |
| 16 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 18 drink | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 drink | advmod |
| 18 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 14 cos | ccomp |
| 19 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 20 day | det |
| 20 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 drink | obl:unmarked |
| 21 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 26 lesson | punct |
| 22 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 26 lesson | nsubj |
| 23 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 26 lesson | cop |
| 24 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 26 lesson | det |
| 25 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 26 lesson | amod |
| 26 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 day | appos |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | past | my mum's mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | collapse | past | a kid at football | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | co | present | the heat | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | not drink | past · do-support | heat | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 5 | is a | present | all day | the real lesson | tree rules |
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
Heat only affects adults, not kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 affects | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 affects | advmod |
| 3 | affects | affect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | adults | adult | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 affects | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 kids | punct |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 kids | advmod |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 adults | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | affect | present | Heat | adults and kids | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus adult=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Drink only energy drinks when it is hot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 drinks | advmod |
| 3 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drinks | compound |
| 4 | drinks | drink | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Drink | obj |
| 5 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 hot | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 hot | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 hot | cop |
| 8 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Drink | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | imperative | you not said here | energy drinks | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent drink=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | hot property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Drink plenty of water, more when it is hot or you are active
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | plenty | plenty | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drink | obj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 plenty | nmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 more | punct |
| 6 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 10 hot | advmod |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 hot | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 hot | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 hot | cop |
| 10 | hot | hot | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Drink | advcl |
| 11 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 active | cc |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 active | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 active | cop |
| 14 | active | active | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hot | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | imperative | you not said here | plenty of water | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plenty=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | plenty | hot property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is | present | you | active property | tree rules |
Option 4
Never play football in summer at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 play | advmod |
| 2 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | football | football | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 play | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 summer | case |
| 5 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 play | obl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 play | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play | imperative | you not said here | football | all | summer | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
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