Test 17 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

did u hear a kid at camp got stung by a wasp n his whole body blew up like a balloon, he nearly died, my mate saw it

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, wasp, whole body, body, mate · What happens: hear, sting, blow up, die, see · To what, where: kid, wasp, balloon

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stung	nsubj:pass
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 camp	case
7	camp	camp	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kid	nmod
8	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stung	aux:pass
9	stung	sting	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hear	parataxis
10	by	by	ADP	_	12 wasp	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 wasp	det
12	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stung	obl:agent
13	n	n	SCONJ	_	17 blew	mark
14	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 body	nmod:poss
15	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 body	amod
16	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 blew	nsubj
17	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 wasp	acl
18	up	up	ADP	_	17 blew	compound:prt
19	like	like	ADP	_	21 balloon	case
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 balloon	det
21	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 blew	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 died	punct
23	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 died	nsubj
24	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	25 died	advmod
25	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	29 saw	advcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 died	punct
27	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	28 mate	nmod:poss
28	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 saw	nsubj
29	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 stung	conj
30	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 saw	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	sting	past · passive	a wasp	a kid at camp		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus subject=Experiencer
3	blow up	past	kid's whole body	a wasp not said here	like a balloon	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent wasp=Patient
4	die	past	body		nearly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
5	see	past	my mate	balloon		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

A severe allergy can be dangerous and needs an adult and the emergency number; the balloon bit is likely blown up

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 allergy	det
2	severe	severe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 allergy	amod
3	allergy	allergy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 dangerous	cop
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 needs	cc
8	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 needs	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 number	cc
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 number	det
13	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 number	compound
14	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 adult	conj
15	;	;	PUNCT	_	20 likely	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 bit	det
17	balloon	balloon	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 bit	compound
18	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 likely	obl:unmarked
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 likely	cop
20	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 dangerous	conj
21	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	20 likely	xcomp
22	up	up	ADP	_	21 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	can	a severe allergy		dangerous property	tree rules
2	need	present	a severe allergy not said here	a adult and the emergency number		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot adult=Theme
3	is	present	a severe allergy not said here		the balloon bit obl:unmarked; likely property	tree rules
4	blow up	participle	a severe allergy not said here			vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Every wasp sting makes the whole body swell, so it is surely true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 sting	det
2	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sting	compound
3	sting	sting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	nsubj
4	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 body	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 body	amod
7	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 makes	obj
8	swell	swell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 makes	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 true	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	14 true	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 true	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 true	cop
13	surely	surely	ADV	_	14 true	advmod
14	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 makes	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	every wasp sting	the whole body		tree rules
2	swell	infinitive	the whole body not said here			vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
3	is	present	sting		surely, true property	tree rules

Option 3

Wasp stings are never serious for anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stings	compound
2	stings	sting	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 serious	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 serious	cop
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 serious	advmod
5	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 serious	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Wasp stings					for anyone; serious property	tree rules

Option 4

He should have swatted the wasp harder first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 swatted	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 swatted	aux
3	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 swatted	aux
4	swatted	swat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 wasp	det
6	wasp	wasp	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 swatted	obj
7	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 swatted	xcomp
8	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	4 swatted	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swat	should · perfect	He	the wasp				first, hard property	vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wasp=Patient

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