Test 5 · ★ · Facing fears
A boy is scared of the dentist's drill. What would help him most?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: be, help · To what, where: boy
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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 is scared of the dentist's drill.
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 | 4 scared | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 scared | cop |
| 4 | scared | scared | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 drill | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dentist | det |
| 7 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 drill | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 dentist | case |
| 9 | drill | drill | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 scared | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 scared | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a boy | of the dentist's drill; scared property | 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.
Sentence 2: What would help him most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 help | obj |
| 5 | most | most | ADV | Degree=Sup | 3 help | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | would | boy | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Knowing what comes next and having a stop signal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Knowing | ccomp |
| 4 | next | next | ADV | _ | 3 comes | advmod |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 having | cc |
| 6 | having | have | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Knowing | conj |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 signal | det |
| 8 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 signal | compound |
| 9 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 having | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | gerund | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | ||||||
| 2 | come | present | next property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | have | gerund | a stop signal | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Patient |
Option 2
Closing his eyes and keeping silent
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Closing | close | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Closing | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 keeping | cc |
| 5 | keeping | keep | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Closing | conj |
| 6 | silent | silent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 keeping | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | gerund | his eyes | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | |||||
| 2 | keep | gerund | silent property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Biting the dentist's finger
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Biting | bite | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 dentist | det |
| 3 | dentist | dentist | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finger | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dentist | case |
| 5 | finger | finger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Biting | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bite | gerund | the dentist's finger | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent finger=Patient |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Not going at all and just hoping that his teeth stay fine on their own
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 going | advmod |
| 2 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 hoping | csubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 4 all | case |
| 4 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 2 going | obl |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 hoping | cc |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 hoping | advmod |
| 7 | hoping | hope | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 11 stay | mark |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 teeth | nmod:poss |
| 10 | teeth | tooth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 stay | nsubj |
| 11 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 hoping | advcl |
| 12 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stay | xcomp |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 15 own | case |
| 14 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 own | nmod:poss |
| 15 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | gerund | all | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location | |||||
| 2 | hope | gerund | going | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot | |||||
| 3 | stay | present | his teeth | teeth's own | fine property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location |
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