Test 1 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter
«if it holds a stone it'll hold me». Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, stone · What happens: hold · To what, where: stone, me
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 74 «Ice on ponds and cold water in winter» 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: «if it holds a stone it'll hold me».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 9 hold | punct |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 holds | mark |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 holds | nsubj |
| 4 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 hold | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 stone | det |
| 6 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 holds | obj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 hold | nsubj |
| 8 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 hold | aux |
| 9 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 10 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 hold | obj |
| 11 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 9 hold | punct |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 hold | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | it | a stone | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme | ||||
| 2 | hold in a quote | future | stone | me | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=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: Right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Right | right | INTJ | _ | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Right | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if you throw the stone hard
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 throw | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 throw | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 throw | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 throw | nsubj |
| 5 | throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 stone | det |
| 7 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 throw | obj |
| 8 | hard | hard | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 throw | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | present | you | the stone | hard property | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stone=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, a stone weighs a tiny fraction of a child
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 weighs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stone | det |
| 4 | stone | stone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 weighs | nsubj |
| 5 | weighs | weigh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fraction | det |
| 7 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 fraction | amod |
| 8 | fraction | fraction | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 weighs | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 child | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 child | det |
| 11 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 fraction | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | weigh | present | a stone | a tiny fraction of a child | vn register-54.1-2-1 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme fraction=Value |
Option 3
No, but it will hold two kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 hold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 hold | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 hold | cc |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 hold | nsubj |
| 5 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 hold | aux |
| 6 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 kids | nummod |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | future | it | two kids | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, stones are much heavier than kids for their size
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 stones | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | stones | stone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 heavier | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 heavier | cop |
| 5 | much | much | ADV | _ | 6 heavier | advmod |
| 6 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 8 kids | case |
| 8 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 heavier | obl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 size | case |
| 10 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 size | nmod:poss |
| 11 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 heavier | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | stones | than kids; for stones's size; heavy property | tree rules |
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