Test 14 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma
my mate's lips puffing up after the cake n he's wheezing
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: lips, he · What happens: puff up, be · To what, where: wheezing
This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 85 «Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma» 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 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lips | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 mate | case |
| 4 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | puffing | puff | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 lips | acl |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 puffing | compound:prt |
| 7 | after | after | ADP | _ | 10 n | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 n | det |
| 9 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 n | compound |
| 10 | n | n | NOUN | _ | 5 puffing | obl |
| 11 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wheezing | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 wheezing | cop |
| 13 | wheezing | wheezing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 n | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | puff up | gerund | my mate's lips not said here | after the cake n and wheezing | vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Source | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | wheezing | 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
Tell him to lie down and sleep
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 lie | mark |
| 4 | lie | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Tell | xcomp |
| 5 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 lie | compound:prt |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 sleep | cc |
| 7 | sleep | sleep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lie | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | him = he | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | lie down not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | sleep | present | you not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get an adult, use his allergy pen if he has one, call the emergency number
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obj |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 use | punct |
| 5 | use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 pen | nmod:poss |
| 7 | allergy | allergy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pen | compound |
| 8 | pen | pen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 use | obj |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 11 has | mark |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 has | nsubj |
| 11 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 use | advcl |
| 12 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 has | obj |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 call | punct |
| 14 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 number | det |
| 16 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 number | compound |
| 17 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer adult=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | use | infinitive | you not said here | adult's allergy pen | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Patient | ||||
| 3 | have a condition, not said to happen | present | adult | one | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Patient | ||||
| 4 | call | infinitive | you not said here | the emergency number | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient |
Option 3
Give him water and wait
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wait | cc |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Give | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | water | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient water=Theme | |||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Give him more cake to calm it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 cake | amod |
| 4 | cake | cake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 calm | mark |
| 6 | calm | calm | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Give | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 calm | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | more cake | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient cake=Theme | |||
| 2 | calm | to-infinitive | you not said here | cake | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus it=Experiencer |
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