Test 7 · ★ · Birds and baby animals
A pigeon poos on your head in town. Your mum laughs: "That's good luck!" What's the wise response?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mum, That, wise response · What happens: laugh, be · To what, where: good luck
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 10 «Birds and baby animals» 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: A pigeon poos on your head in town.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 poos | det |
| 2 | pigeon | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poos | compound |
| 3 | poos | poos | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 head | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 head | nmod:poss |
| 6 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 poos | nmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 town | case |
| 8 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 head | nmod |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 poos | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Your mum laughs: "That's good luck!"
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 | 2 mum | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughs | nsubj |
| 3 | laughs | laugh | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 3 laughs | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 luck | punct |
| 6 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 luck | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 luck | cop |
| 8 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 luck | amod |
| 9 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 laughs | obl |
| 10 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 9 luck | punct |
| 11 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 luck | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | present | Your mum | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | That | good luck | tree rules |
Sentence 3: What's the wise response?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 response | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 response | amod |
| 5 | response | response | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the wise response | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Report the pigeon to the police
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Report | report | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 pigeon | det |
| 3 | pigeon | pigeon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Report | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 police | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 police | det |
| 6 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Report | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | report | imperative | you not said here | the pigeon | the police | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pigeon=Topic to police=Recipient |
Option 2
Take a photo as proof of luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 photo | det |
| 3 | photo | photo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obj |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 proof | case |
| 5 | proof | proof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Take | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 luck | case |
| 7 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 proof | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | a photo | as proof of luck | vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent photo=Theme as proof=Attribute | |||
| 2 | proof | luck | nom proof «cognition transitive»: of=patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Laugh along; it's a cheering-up saying, not worth arguing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Laugh | laugh | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | along | along | ADV | _ | 1 Laugh | advmod |
| 3 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 saying | punct |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 saying | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 saying | aux |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 up | det |
| 7 | cheering | cheering | NOUN | _ | 9 up | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 9 up | punct |
| 9 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 saying | nsubj |
| 10 | saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Laugh | advcl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 worth | punct |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 worth | advmod |
| 13 | worth | worth | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 saying | ccomp |
| 14 | arguing | argue | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 13 worth | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | laugh | imperative | you not said here | along property | vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present · progressive | it | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | argue speech: disagree | gerund | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Prove to her with lots of science that luck isn't real at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Prove | prove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 her | case |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Prove | obl |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 lots | case |
| 5 | lots | lot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Prove | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 science | case |
| 7 | science | science | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 lots | conj |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 luck | det |
| 9 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 science | obj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 real | cop |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 real | advmod |
| 12 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Prove | ccomp |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 real | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | imperative | you not said here | her = she | with lots and science | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V PP.recipient that S»: agent=Pivot to she=Experiencer | |||
| 2 | not is | present | you not said here | all | real property | tree rules |
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