Test 5 · ★★ · Splinters, stings, allergies and asthma

Which helps a child with hay fever on a high pollen day?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: help · To what, where: child

This is test 5 · ★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obj
5	with	with	ADP	_	7 fever	case
6	hay	hay	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fever	compound
7	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	12 day	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 day	det
10	high	high	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 day	amod
11	pollen	pollen	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 day	compound
12	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 helps	obl
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present			a child		day	with hay fever	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary with fever=Theme

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keeping windows closed and washing their face after being out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keeping	keep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keeping	obj
3	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Keeping	xcomp
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 washing	cc
5	washing	wash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Keeping	conj
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 face	nmod:poss
7	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 washing	obj
8	after	after	SCONJ	_	10 out	mark
9	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 out	cop
10	out	out	ADP	_	5 washing	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	keep	gerund		windows	tree rules
2	close	participle	windows not said here		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	wash out	gerund		windows's face	vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent face=Patient

Option 2

Sleeping with the bedroom window wide open all night to get fresh air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sleeping	sleep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 open	csubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	5 window	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 window	det
4	bedroom	bedroom	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 window	compound
5	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sleeping	obl
6	wide	wide	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 open	advmod
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 night	det
9	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 open	obl:unmarked
10	to	to	PART	_	11 get	mark
11	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 open	advcl
12	fresh	fresh	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 air	amod
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sleep	gerund						with the bedroom window	vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	get	to-infinitive		fresh air					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus

Option 3

Rubbing their eyes when they itch

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rubbing	rub	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 itch	csubj
2	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 eyes	nmod:poss
3	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Rubbing	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 itch	advmod
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 itch	nsubj
6	itch	itch	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rub	gerund		their eyes					vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme
2	itch	present	eyes = eye						vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Mowing the lawn in the afternoon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mowing	mow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lawn	det
3	lawn	lawn	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mowing	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 afternoon	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 afternoon	det
6	afternoon	afternoon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Mowing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mow	gerund		the lawn			afternoon		vn carve-21.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lawn=Patient

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