Test 2 · Eyes, ears and moving your body
A girl in Edinburgh hears a ringing sound after a loud party. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: hear, ring, do · To what, where: ringing sound
This is test 2 of lesson 87 «Eyes, ears and moving your body» 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 girl in Edinburgh hears a ringing sound after a loud party.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hears | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Edinburgh | case |
| 4 | Edinburgh | Edinburgh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | hears | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sound | det |
| 7 | ringing | ring | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 sound | amod |
| 8 | sound | sound | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hears | obj |
| 9 | after | after | ADP | _ | 12 party | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 party | det |
| 11 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 party | amod |
| 12 | party | party | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hears | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 hears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | a girl in Edinburgh | a ringing sound | after a loud party | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer sound=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | ring | gerund | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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.
Sentence 2: What should she do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Turn her music up loud to cover the ringing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 music | nmod:poss |
| 3 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Turn | obj |
| 4 | up | up | ADV | _ | 5 loud | advmod |
| 5 | loud | loud | ADV | _ | 1 Turn | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 cover | mark |
| 7 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Turn | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ringing | det |
| 9 | ringing | ringing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 cover | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn | imperative | you not said here | her music | loud property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent music=Theme | |||
| 2 | cover | to-infinitive | you not said here | the ringing | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme ringing=Destination |
Option 2
Put a cotton bud deep in her ears
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 bud | det |
| 3 | cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bud | compound |
| 4 | bud | bud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 5 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 1 Put | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 ears | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 ears | nmod:poss |
| 8 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | a cotton bud | her ears | deep property | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent bud=Theme in ear=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell an adult and give her ears a rest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | 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 Tell | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 give | cc |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 ears | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 give | obj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 rest | det |
| 9 | rest | rest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | give | infinitive | you not said here | adult's ears | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent ear=Recipient rest=Theme |
Option 4
Ignore it, it is nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ignore | ignore | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ignore | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 nothing | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 nothing | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 nothing | cop |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Ignore | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | imperative | you not said here | it | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | it | nothing | tree rules |
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