Test 10 · ★ · Animals in the sea and the river A crab on the beach walks straight forwards. Your mate says "impossible, crabs ONLY go sideways". What do you say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: crab, mate, impossible crabs, you · What happens: walk, say, go · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 11 «Animals in the sea and the river» 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 crab on the beach walks straight forwards.
det nsubj case det nmod advmod advmod punct root A DET crab NOUN on ADP the DET beach NOUN walks VERB straight ADV forwards ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 crab det 2 crab crab NOUN Number=Sing 6 walks nsubj 3 on on ADP _ 5 beach case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 beach det 5 beach beach NOUN Number=Sing 2 crab nmod 6 walks walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 straight straight ADV _ 8 forwards advmod 8 forwards forwards ADV _ 6 walks advmod 9 . . PUNCT _ 6 walks punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 walk present a crab on the beach forwards property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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: Your mate says "impossible, crabs ONLY go sideways".
nmod:poss nsubj punct amod punct nsubj advmod ccomp advmod punct punct root Your PRON mate NOUN says VERB " PUNCT impossible ADJ , PUNCT crabs NOUN ONLY ADV go VERB sideways ADV " PUNCT . PUNCT 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 mate nmod:poss 2 mate mate NOUN Number=Sing 3 says nsubj 3 says say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 " " PUNCT _ 9 go punct 5 impossible impossible ADJ Degree=Pos 7 crabs amod 6 , , PUNCT _ 5 impossible punct 7 crabs crab NOUN Number=Plur 9 go nsubj 8 ONLY only ADV _ 9 go advmod 9 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 says ccomp 10 sideways sideways ADV _ 9 go advmod 11 " " PUNCT _ 9 go punct 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 says punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present Your mate vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 go in a quote present impossible crabs sideways property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What do you say?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON do AUX you PRON say VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 say obj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 say aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 say nsubj 4 say say VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 say punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert present · do-support you vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic
The options Option 1 Crabs walk forwards only at night when nobody's looking
nsubj advmod advmod case obl:unmarked mark nsubj aux advcl root Crabs NOUN walk VERB forwards ADV only ADV at ADP night NOUN when SCONJ nobody PRON 's AUX looking VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Crabs crab NOUN Number=Plur 2 walk nsubj 2 walk walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 forwards forwards ADV _ 2 walk advmod 4 only only ADV _ 6 night advmod 5 at at ADP _ 6 night case 6 night night NOUN Number=Sing 2 walk obl:unmarked 7 when when SCONJ _ 10 looking mark 8 nobody nobody PRON Number=Sing PronType=Neg 10 looking nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 looking aux 10 looking look VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 walk advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 walk present Crabs night forwards property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 look present · progressive nobody vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
Option 2 That crab must be broken
det nsubj:pass aux aux:pass root That DET crab NOUN must AUX be AUX broken VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 That that DET Number=Sing PronType=Dem 2 crab det 2 crab crab NOUN Number=Sing 5 broken nsubj:pass 3 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 5 broken aux 4 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 5 broken aux:pass 5 broken break VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 break must · passive that crab vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
Option 3 He's right, you must be dreaming
nsubj cop punct nsubj aux aux parataxis root He PRON 's AUX right ADJ , PUNCT you PRON must AUX be AUX dreaming VERB 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 _ 8 dreaming punct 5 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 8 dreaming nsubj 6 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 dreaming aux 7 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 8 dreaming aux 8 dreaming dream VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 right parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present He right property tree rules 2 dream must · progressive you vn cognize-85 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Most go sideways, but some kinds walk forwards
nsubj advmod punct cc det nsubj conj advmod root Most ADJ go VERB sideways ADV , PUNCT but CCONJ some DET kinds NOUN walk VERB forwards ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Most most ADJ Degree=Sup 2 go nsubj 2 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 sideways sideways ADV _ 2 go advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 walk punct 5 but but CCONJ _ 8 walk cc 6 some some DET PronType=Ind 7 kinds det 7 kinds kind NOUN Number=Plur 8 walk nsubj 8 walk walk VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 go conj 9 forwards forwards ADV _ 8 walk advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 go present Most sideways property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 walk present some kinds forwards property vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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