Test 10 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules
"it's cloudy, don't need suncream" says your big sister at the beach. What will probably happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, big sister · What happens: be, not need, say, happen · To what, where: suncream · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 27 «Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules» 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: "it's cloudy, don't need suncream" says your big sister at the beach.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cloudy | punct |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cloudy | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 cloudy | cop |
| 4 | cloudy | cloudy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 says | ccomp |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 need | punct |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 8 need | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 need | advmod |
| 8 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 cloudy | parataxis |
| 9 | suncream | suncream | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 need | obj |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 cloudy | punct |
| 11 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 sister | nmod:poss |
| 13 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 sister | amod |
| 14 | sister | sister | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 says | nsubj |
| 15 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 beach | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 beach | det |
| 17 | beach | beach | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 sister | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | it | cloudy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not need in a quote | infinitive · do-support | suncream | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot suncream=Theme | |||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | your big sister at the beach | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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 will probably happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happen | aux |
| 3 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 4 happen | advmod |
| 4 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | probably property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She'll get a tan but never a burn
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 tan | det |
| 5 | tan | tan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | obj |
| 6 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 burn | cc |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 9 burn | advmod |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 burn | det |
| 9 | burn | burn | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 get | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | She | a tan | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer tan=Stimulus |
Option 2
She'll get burnt only if it rains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | burnt | burnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 get | xcomp |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 rains | advmod |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 rains | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 rains | nsubj |
| 8 | rains | rain | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | She | burnt property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | rain a condition, not said to happen | present | it | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
Option 3
She will stay perfectly safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | perfectly | perfectly | ADV | _ | 3 stay | advmod |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | future | She | perfectly, safe property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
She can still get sunburnt
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | still | still | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | sunburnt | sunburnt | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | can | She | still | sunburnt property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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