Test 9 · ★ · Explorers, scientists and inventors
Kayden wants to copy Franklin and fly a kite in a thunderstorm. What do you say?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Kayden, you · What happens: want, copy, fly, say · To what, where: Franklin, kite, thunderstorm · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 20 «Explorers, scientists and inventors» 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: Kayden wants to copy Franklin and fly a kite in a thunderstorm.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kayden | Kayden | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 copy | mark |
| 4 | copy | copy | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | Franklin | Franklin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 copy | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fly | cc |
| 7 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 copy | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 kite | det |
| 9 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fly | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 thunderstorm | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 thunderstorm | det |
| 12 | thunderstorm | thunderstorm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fly | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Kayden | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | copy not said to happen | to-infinitive | Kayden not said here | Franklin | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent franklin=Theme | ||||
| 3 | fly | infinitive | Kayden not said here | a kite | a thunderstorm | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent kite=Theme in thunderstorm=Location |
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 do you say?
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
Yes, as long as you hold a metal key
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 long | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 7 hold | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 hold | nsubj |
| 7 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 long | advcl |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 key | det |
| 9 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 key | compound |
| 10 | key | key | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 hold | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | you | a metal key | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, Franklin was struck and was fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 struck | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | Franklin | Franklin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 struck | nsubj |
| 4 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 struck | aux:pass |
| 5 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 fine | cc |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 fine | cop |
| 8 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 struck | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | strike | past · passive | Franklin | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument | |||||
| 2 | is | past | fine property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No; lightning can kill, and Franklin was never actually struck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 kill | discourse |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | lightning | lightning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 kill | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 kill | aux |
| 5 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 struck | punct |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 struck | cc |
| 8 | Franklin | Franklin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 struck | nsubj |
| 9 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 12 struck | aux:pass |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 12 struck | advmod |
| 11 | actually | actually | ADV | _ | 12 struck | advmod |
| 12 | struck | strike | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 kill | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kill | can | lightning | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | not strike | past · passive | Franklin | actually property | vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: subject=Instrument |
Option 4
Yes, but only if the kite is made of paper
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 made | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 made | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 made | advmod |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 made | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 kite | det |
| 7 | kite | kite | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | nsubj:pass |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 made | aux:pass |
| 9 | made | make | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 paper | case |
| 11 | paper | paper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 made | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present · passive | the kite | of paper | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
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