Test 11 · ★★ · Running, gymnastics and martial arts
Niamh: "Wee bit boring, so it is." Why learn falling first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bit · What happens: be, fall
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 43 «Running, gymnastics and martial arts» 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: Niamh: "Wee bit boring, so it is."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Niamh | Niamh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 boring | nsubj |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 6 boring | punct |
| 3 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 boring | punct |
| 4 | Wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 bit | amod |
| 5 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 boring | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | boring | boring | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 is | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 is | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 is | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 boring | conj |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 boring | punct |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 boring | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be in a quote | present | bit | vn exist-47.1 «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: Why learn falling first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 falling | advmod |
| 2 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 falling | aux |
| 3 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 falling | advmod |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 falling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | present | first property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
To learn to land on a straight arm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 learn | mark |
| 2 | learn | learn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 land | mark |
| 4 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 learn | xcomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 arm | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 arm | det |
| 7 | straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 arm | amod |
| 8 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | learn | to-infinitive | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||||
| 2 | land | to-infinitive | a straight arm | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on arm=Destination |
Option 2
To make the lesson last longer and tire them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | To | to | PART | _ | 2 make | mark |
| 2 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lesson | det |
| 4 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 make | obj |
| 5 | last | last | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 make | xcomp |
| 6 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 last | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 tire | cc |
| 8 | tire | tire | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 last | conj |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 tire | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | to-infinitive | the lesson | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | last | infinitive | the lesson not said here | long property | vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | tire | infinitive | the lesson not said here | them = they | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus they=Experiencer |
Option 3
Because judo is mostly just falling over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 falling | mark |
| 2 | judo | judo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 falling | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 falling | cop |
| 4 | mostly | mostly | ADV | _ | 6 falling | advmod |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 6 falling | advmod |
| 6 | falling | fall | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | over | over | ADV | _ | 6 falling | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | judo | fall, mostly, over property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
So throws are safe for everyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | So | so | ADV | _ | 4 safe | advmod |
| 2 | throws | throw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | cop |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 everyone | case |
| 6 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 safe | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | throws | for everyone; safe property | tree rules |
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