Test 2 · ★ · Animals in the sea and the river
In a sitcom, a friend wees on someone's jellyfish sting and it's cured. What would a lifeguard say?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, someone, lifeguard · What happens: wee, cure, sting, say · To what, where: sitcom, friend · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 2 · ★ 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: In a sitcom, a friend wees on someone's jellyfish sting and it's cured.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 sitcom | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sitcom | det |
| 3 | sitcom | sitcom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wees | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 sitcom | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 friend | det |
| 6 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wees | nsubj |
| 7 | wees | wee | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 sting | case |
| 9 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 12 sting | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 someone | case |
| 11 | jellyfish | jellyfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 sting | compound |
| 12 | sting | sting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 wees | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 cured | cc |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 cured | nsubj:pass |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 cured | aux:pass |
| 16 | cured | cure | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 wees | conj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 wees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wee | present | a friend | a sitcom | on someone's jellyfish sting | tree rules | |||
| 2 | cure | present · passive | friend | vn free-10.6.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: subject=Source | |||||
| 3 | sting | someone | nom sting «state transitive»: poss=agent |
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: What would a lifeguard say?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 say | obj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 say | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lifeguard | det |
| 4 | lifeguard | lifeguard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 say | nsubj |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | would | a lifeguard | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
That's the best first aid there is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 6 aid | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 aid | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 aid | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 aid | amod |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 aid | amod |
| 6 | aid | aid | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 8 is | expl |
| 8 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 aid | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | That | the best first aid | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | be | present | the best first aid not said here | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Wee works on jellyfish stings and on shark bites as well, so go for it
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wee | wee | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 works | amod |
| 2 | works | work | NOUN | Number=Plur | 14 go | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 stings | case |
| 4 | jellyfish | jellyfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stings | compound |
| 5 | stings | sting | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 works | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 bites | cc |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 bites | case |
| 8 | shark | shark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 bites | compound |
| 9 | bites | bite | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 stings | conj |
| 10 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 9 bites | advmod |
| 11 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 as | fixed |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 go | punct |
| 13 | so | so | ADV | _ | 14 go | advmod |
| 14 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 15 | for | for | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | infinitive | Wee works on jellyfish stings and shark bites | for it | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for it=Beneficiary |
Option 3
Only fresh wee works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 wee | advmod |
| 2 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 wee | amod |
| 3 | wee | wee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 works | nsubj |
| 4 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | fresh wee | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Wee can make it worse; rinse with seawater and remove tentacles
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wee | wee | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 rinse | punct |
| 7 | rinse | rinse | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | parataxis |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 seawater | case |
| 9 | seawater | seawater | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 rinse | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 remove | cc |
| 11 | remove | remove | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 rinse | conj |
| 12 | tentacles | tentacle | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 remove | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | Wee | it | bad property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product | |||
| 2 | rinse | infinitive | with seawater | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | remove | infinitive | tentacles | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tentacle=Theme |
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