Test 2 · ★★ · Ice on ponds and cold water in winter
Maisie: «Biscuit! I'm coming!» What would likely happen if she went out?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, Maisie · What happens: come, happen, go out
This is test 2 · ★★ 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: Maisie: «Biscuit!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Maisie | Maisie | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 4 Biscuit | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 Biscuit | punct |
| 4 | Biscuit | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Maisie | appos |
| 5 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 Maisie | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: I'm coming!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 3 coming | nsubj |
| 2 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 coming | aux |
| 3 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 coming | punct |
| 5 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 3 coming | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | I | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Sentence 3: What would likely happen if she went out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | likely | likely | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 went | mark |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 went | nsubj |
| 7 | went | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | advcl |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 went | compound:prt |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | would | likely property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | go out a condition, not said to happen | past | Maisie | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
The dog would sink and she'd be fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 dog | det |
| 2 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 sink | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 sink | aux |
| 4 | sink | sink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 fine | cc |
| 6 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fine | nsubj |
| 7 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 fine | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 fine | cop |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 sink | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sink | would | the dog | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | is | would | dog | fine property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
The ice would get thicker under her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 ice | det |
| 2 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | thicker | thick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 her | case |
| 7 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 thicker | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | would | the ice | thick property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Two in the water instead of one
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 water | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 water | det |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Two | nmod |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 7 one | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 instead | fixed |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 1 Two | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
She'd carry Biscuit back safely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 carry | nsubj |
| 2 | 'd | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 carry | aux |
| 3 | carry | carry | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | Biscuit | Biscuit | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 carry | obj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 3 carry | advmod |
| 6 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 3 carry | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry back | would | She | Biscuit | safely property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent biscuit=Theme |
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