Test 5 · School legends
Jack stabbed himself with a pencil and is panicking about lead poisoning. What do you tell him?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Jack, you · What happens: stab, panic, tell · To what, where: Jack · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 of lesson 24 «School legends» 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: Jack stabbed himself with a pencil and is panicking about lead poisoning.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jack | Jack | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 stabbed | nsubj |
| 2 | stabbed | stab | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 stabbed | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 pencil | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 pencil | det |
| 6 | pencil | pencil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stabbed | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 panicking | cc |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 panicking | aux |
| 9 | panicking | panic | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 stabbed | conj |
| 10 | about | about | ADP | _ | 12 poisoning | case |
| 11 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 poisoning | compound |
| 12 | poisoning | poisoning | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 panicking | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stabbed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stab | past | Jack | Jack | with a pencil | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent himself=Patient with pencil=Instrument | |||
| 2 | panic | present · progressive | Jack not said here | about lead poisoning | vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=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 do you tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | you | Jack | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
He needs an emergency injection now
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 | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 injection | det |
| 4 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 injection | compound |
| 5 | injection | injection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | obj |
| 6 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 needs | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | He | a emergency injection | now | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot injection=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Pull out the lead with a magnet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Pull | compound:prt |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 lead | det |
| 4 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 magnet | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 magnet | det |
| 7 | magnet | magnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull out | imperative | you not said here | the lead | with a magnet | tree rules |
Option 3
Pencils only poison you if they are painted yellow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pencils | pencil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 poison | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 poison | advmod |
| 3 | poison | poison | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 poison | obj |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 painted | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 painted | nsubj |
| 7 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 painted | aux:pass |
| 8 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 poison | advcl |
| 9 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 painted | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | poison | present | Pencils | you | vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Patient | ||||
| 2 | paint a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | Pencils = pencil | yellow property | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: subject=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Pencils have no lead; wash it and tell an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pencils | pencil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 have | nsubj |
| 2 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 lead | det |
| 4 | lead | lead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 have | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 6 wash | punct |
| 6 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 have | parataxis |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 wash | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tell | cc |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wash | conj |
| 10 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 adult | det |
| 11 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Pencils | no lead | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lead=Patient | ||||
| 2 | wash | infinitive | lead | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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