Test 1 · What really happens to things you swallow
"u swallowed ur gum?? ur gonna die in 7 years lol" What do you tell your mate?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, you · What happens: swallow, die, tell · To what, where: gum, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 of lesson 1 «What really happens to things you swallow» of the myths 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 swallowed | punct |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 swallowed | nsubj |
| 3 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 die | advcl |
| 4 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 gum | nmod:poss |
| 5 | gum | gum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 swallowed | obj |
| 6 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 3 swallowed | punct |
| 7 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 die | nmod:poss |
| 8 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 9 die | dep |
| 9 | die | die | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 years | case |
| 11 | 7 | 7 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 12 years | nummod |
| 12 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 die | obl |
| 13 | lol | lol | INTJ | _ | 18 tell | discourse |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 tell | punct |
| 15 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 tell | obj |
| 16 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 tell | aux |
| 17 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 18 tell | nsubj |
| 18 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 die | conj |
| 19 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 20 mate | nmod:poss |
| 20 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 tell | obj |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 die | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow in a quote | past | u | ur's gum | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient | ||||
| 2 | die in a quote | imperative | you not said here | year | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | you | your mate | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient mate=Topic |
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.
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It just passes through in a day or two, chill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 passes | nsubj |
| 2 | just | just | ADV | _ | 3 passes | advmod |
| 3 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 passes | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 two | cc |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 day | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 chill | punct |
| 11 | chill | chill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 passes | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | present | It | day | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | chill | infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Drink vinegar to dissolve it fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | vinegar | vinegar | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drink | obj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 dissolve | mark |
| 4 | dissolve | dissolve | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Drink | advcl |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dissolve | obj |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 dissolve | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | imperative | you not said here | vinegar | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vinegar=Patient | ||||
| 2 | dissolve | to-infinitive | you not said here | vinegar | fast property | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Only mint gum stays, fruit gum passes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 stays | advmod |
| 2 | mint | mint | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 gum | amod |
| 3 | gum | gum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stays | nsubj |
| 4 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 passes | punct |
| 6 | fruit | fruit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 gum | compound |
| 7 | gum | gum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 passes | nsubj |
| 8 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stays | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | mint gum | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | pass | present | fruit gum | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
He's right, it's dangerous and you need hospital
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 dangerous | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 dangerous | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 dangerous | cop |
| 7 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 right | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 need | cc |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 need | nsubj |
| 10 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | conj |
| 11 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 need | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | need | present | you | hospital | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hospital=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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