Test 6 · ★ · Food, drinks and feeling ill
A friend says, «Feed yourself juice all day when you are thirsty.» What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend, you, problem · What happens: say, feed, be · To what, where: yourself · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 · ★ 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 friend says, «Feed yourself juice all day when you are thirsty.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 friend | det |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 Feed | punct |
| 5 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 Feed | punct |
| 6 | Feed | feed | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 7 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 6 Feed | obj |
| 8 | juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Feed | obj |
| 9 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 day | det |
| 10 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 Feed | obl:unmarked |
| 11 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 14 thirsty | mark |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 thirsty | nsubj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 thirsty | cop |
| 14 | thirsty | thirsty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 Feed | advcl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a friend | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | feed in a quote | infinitive | yourself | day | vn feeding-39.7 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent yourself=Recipient juice=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | you | thirsty property | 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.
Sentence 2: What is the problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Juice stops your body from growing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stops | nsubj |
| 2 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 body | nmod:poss |
| 4 | body | body | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stops | obj |
| 5 | from | from | SCONJ | _ | 6 growing | mark |
| 6 | growing | grow | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 stops | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Juice | your body | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality body=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | grow | gerund | Juice not said here | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Juice makes you lose all your water
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | lose | lose | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 water | det:predet |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 water | nmod:poss |
| 7 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lose | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Juice | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | lose | infinitive | you not said here | your water | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Juice has a lot of sugar, so water is better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lot | det |
| 4 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 sugar | case |
| 6 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lot | nmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 better | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 better | advmod |
| 9 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 better | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 better | cop |
| 11 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 has | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Juice | a lot of sugar | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient | ||||
| 2 | is | present | water | good property | tree rules |
Option 4
Juice has too little sugar in it to give any help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Juice | juice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | nsubj |
| 2 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | too | too | ADV | _ | 4 little | advmod |
| 4 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 sugar | amod |
| 5 | sugar | sugar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 has | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 it | case |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sugar | nmod |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 give | mark |
| 9 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 has | advcl |
| 10 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 11 help | det |
| 11 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Juice | little sugar | sugar | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sugar=Patient | |||
| 2 | give | to-infinitive | Juice not said here | any help | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Theme |
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