Test 2 · What really happens to things you swallow
Your big sister whispers at a sleepover that eight spiders a year crawl into your mouth. Which question shows the story is shaky?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: big sister, that, question, story · What happens: whisper, spider, show, be · To what, where: sleepover, year crawl · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: Your big sister whispers at a sleepover that eight spiders a year crawl into your mouth.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 sister | nmod:poss |
| 2 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sister | amod |
| 3 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 whispers | nsubj |
| 4 | whispers | whisper | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 sleepover | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sleepover | det |
| 7 | sleepover | sleepover | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 whispers | obl |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 10 spiders | nsubj |
| 9 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 10 spiders | nummod |
| 10 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 sleepover | nmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 crawl | det |
| 12 | year | year | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 crawl | compound |
| 13 | crawl | crawl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 spiders | nmod:unmarked |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 mouth | case |
| 15 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 mouth | nmod:poss |
| 16 | mouth | mouth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 whispers | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 whispers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | whisper speech: assert | present | Your big sister | a sleepover | into your mouth | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent into mouth=Recipient | |||
| 2 | spider | that | a year crawl | tree rules |
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: Which question shows the story is shaky?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 question | det |
| 2 | question | question | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 shows | nsubj |
| 3 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 story | det |
| 5 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 shaky | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 shaky | cop |
| 7 | shaky | shaky | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 shows | ccomp |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present | which question | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | the story | shaky property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
How many legs does each of the eight spiders have?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 legs | amod |
| 3 | legs | leg | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 have | nsubj |
| 4 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 each | aux |
| 5 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 3 legs | nmod |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 spiders | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 spiders | det |
| 8 | eight | eight | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 spiders | nummod |
| 9 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 each | nmod |
| 10 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 10 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | many legs each | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Do the spiders prefer open or closed mouths?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 prefer | aux |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 spiders | det |
| 3 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prefer | nsubj |
| 4 | prefer | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 mouths | amod |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 closed | cc |
| 7 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 open | conj |
| 8 | mouths | mouth | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 prefer | obj |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 prefer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prefer | infinitive · do-support | the spiders | open mouths | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mouth=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | close | participle | the spiders not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Which month do the most spiders crawl in?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 month | det |
| 2 | month | month | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 do | nsubj |
| 3 | do | do | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 spiders | det |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 spiders | amod |
| 6 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 crawl | nsubj |
| 7 | crawl | crawl | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 do | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 crawl | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | present | which month | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | crawl | present | the most spiders | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Who has ever counted spiders going into sleepers?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 counted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 counted | aux |
| 3 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 4 counted | advmod |
| 4 | counted | count | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | spiders | spider | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 counted | obj |
| 6 | going | go | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 spiders | acl |
| 7 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 sleepers | case |
| 8 | sleepers | sleeper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 going | obl |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 counted | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present · perfect · passive | spiders | ever | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | gerund | spiders not said here | sleepers | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into sleeper=Initial_Location |
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