Test 11 · Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating
In a cartoon, a skater goes through the ice and pops straight back up. Real life?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: skater · What happens: go, pop · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 11 of lesson 44 «Basketball, tennis, skateboarding and ice skating» 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: In a cartoon, a skater goes through the ice and pops straight back up.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 skater | det |
| 6 | skater | skater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | nsubj |
| 7 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 ice | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 ice | det |
| 10 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 goes | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 pops | cc |
| 12 | pops | pop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 goes | conj |
| 13 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 14 back | advmod |
| 14 | back | back | ADV | _ | 15 up | advmod |
| 15 | up | up | ADV | _ | 12 pops | advmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | a skater | a cartoon | through the ice | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through ice=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | pop | present | a skater not said here | vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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: Real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 life | amod |
| 2 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 life | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cold shock and thin ice make it an emergency
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 shock | amod |
| 2 | shock | shock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 ice | cc |
| 4 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ice | amod |
| 5 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shock | conj |
| 6 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 make | obj |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 emergency | det |
| 9 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 make | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Cold shock and thin ice | ice | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset it=Beneficiary emergency=Product |
Option 2
Falling through ice is harmless if you're quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Falling | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 harmless | csubj |
| 2 | through | through | ADP | _ | 3 ice | case |
| 3 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Falling | obl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 harmless | cop |
| 5 | harmless | harmless | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 quick | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 quick | nsubj |
| 8 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 quick | cop |
| 9 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 harmless | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | gerund | ice | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme through ice=Location | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Falling | harmless property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | quick property | tree rules |
Option 3
You can always climb out by yourself
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 climb | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 climb | aux |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 climb | advmod |
| 4 | climb | climb | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 climb | compound:prt |
| 6 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 yourself | case |
| 7 | yourself | yourself | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 4 climb | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb out | can | You | by yourself; always property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by yourself=Trajectory |
Option 4
Ice never breaks under light children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 breaks | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 breaks | advmod |
| 3 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 children | case |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 children | compound |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 breaks | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not break | present | Ice | under light children | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under child=Location |
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