Test 4 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma
A boy at a sleepover in Calgary eats a biscuit and his lips swell and he wheezes. What is the right thing?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, lips, right thing · What happens: eat, swell, wheeze, be · To what, where: biscuit
This is test 4 · ★★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy at a sleepover in Calgary eats a biscuit and his lips swell and he wheezes.
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 | 8 eats | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 sleepover | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 sleepover | det |
| 5 | sleepover | sleepover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 Calgary | case |
| 7 | Calgary | Calgary | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 sleepover | nmod |
| 8 | eats | eat | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 biscuit | det |
| 10 | biscuit | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 eats | obj |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 swell | cc |
| 12 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 lips | nmod:poss |
| 13 | lips | lip | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 swell | nsubj |
| 14 | swell | swell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 eats | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 wheezes | cc |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 17 wheezes | nsubj |
| 17 | wheezes | wheeze | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 swell | conj |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 8 eats | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | eat | present | a boy at a sleepover in Calgary | a biscuit | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Patient | ||||
| 2 | swell | present | boy's lips | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | |||||
| 3 | wheeze | present | boy | vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 right thing?
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 | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right thing | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Wait to see if it gets better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 see | mark |
| 3 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 gets | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 see | advcl |
| 7 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | get a condition, not said to happen | present | it | good property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Give him some more biscuits
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 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 biscuits | det |
| 4 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 5 biscuits | amod |
| 5 | biscuits | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | some more biscuits | him = he | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient biscuit=Theme |
Option 3
Let him sleep and check in the morning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | sleep | sleep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 check | cc |
| 5 | check | check | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 morning | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 morning | det |
| 8 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 check | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sleep | infinitive | him = he not said here | vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | check | infinitive | you not said here | morning | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get an adult at once and call 911
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 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 once | case |
| 5 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 1 Get | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 call | cc |
| 7 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 8 | 911 | 911 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 7 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 get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent adult=Theme at once=Asset | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | 911 | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 911=Recipient |
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