Test 10 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no
Amara: «the light's lush, one more step back». What can the edge do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: edge · What happens: do
This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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: Amara: «the light's lush, one more step back».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amara | Amara | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 lush | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 lush | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 light | det |
| 5 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lush | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 light | case |
| 7 | lush | lush | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Amara | appos |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 step | punct |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 11 step | nummod |
| 10 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 step | amod |
| 11 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lush | appos |
| 12 | back | back | ADV | _ | 11 step | advmod |
| 13 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 step | punct |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Amara | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: What can the edge do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 do | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 do | aux |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 edge | det |
| 4 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 do | nsubj |
| 5 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | can | the edge | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Warn her by creaking loudly before it goes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warn | warn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Warn | obj |
| 3 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 4 creaking | mark |
| 4 | creaking | creak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Warn | advcl |
| 5 | loudly | loudly | ADV | _ | 4 creaking | advmod |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 goes | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 goes | nsubj |
| 8 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 creaking | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | imperative | you not said here | her = she | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent she=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | creak | gerund | you not said here | loudly property | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | go | present | it | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Give way under her without warning
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 her | case |
| 4 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 1 Give | iobj |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 6 warning | case |
| 6 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | way | her = she | without warning | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent her=Recipient way=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Hold her better after a bit of rain
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 better | nmod:poss |
| 3 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Hold | xcomp |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 bit | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bit | det |
| 6 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 rain | case |
| 8 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 bit | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | after a bit of rain | good property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Shift slowly, so she has time to step away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shift | shift | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Shift | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 has | punct |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 has | advmod |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 has | nsubj |
| 6 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shift | advcl |
| 7 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 has | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 step | mark |
| 9 | step | step | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 time | acl |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 9 step | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | she | time | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | step away | to-infinitive | she not said here | away property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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