Test 6 · Needles and brave faces
Zoe fainted last time. What's the smart plan this time?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Zoe, smart plan · What happens: faint, be
This is test 6 of lesson 32 «Needles and brave faces» of the medicine 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: Zoe fainted last time.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Zoe | Zoe | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 fainted | nsubj |
| 2 | fainted | faint | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | last | last | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 time | amod |
| 4 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 fainted | obj |
| 5 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 fainted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | faint | past | Zoe | time | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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's the smart plan this time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 time | det |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plan | obl:unmarked |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the smart plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stand up tall and stare hard at the needle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Stand | compound:prt |
| 3 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stand | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 stare | cc |
| 5 | stare | stare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stand | conj |
| 6 | hard | hard | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 stare | xcomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 needle | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 needle | det |
| 9 | needle | needle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stare | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand up | imperative | you not said here | tall property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stare | present | you not said here | at the needle; hard property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at needle=Theme |
Option 2
Run out of the room before it starts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 room | case |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 room | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 room | det |
| 5 | room | room | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 starts | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 starts | nsubj |
| 8 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | the room | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out room=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | start | present | room | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Tell the nurse and have it lying down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 nurse | det |
| 3 | nurse | nurse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 have | cc |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 have | obj |
| 7 | lying | lie | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 have | xcomp |
| 8 | down | down | ADV | _ | 7 lying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the nurse | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nurse=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | have | present | you not said here | nurse | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | lie down | gerund | nurse not said here | down property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Not eat or drink anything all day
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 2 eat | advmod |
| 2 | eat | eat | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 4 drink | cc |
| 4 | drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 eat | conj |
| 5 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 drink | obj |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 drink | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not eat | imperative | you not said here | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | drink | infinitive | you not said here | anything | day | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anything=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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