Test 3 · ★ · Everyday sayings and grown-ups' rules
"OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!" What do you tell your mate?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, guts, you · What happens: swallow, stick, tell · To what, where: gum, mate · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 3 · ★ 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: "OMG i swallowed my gum, my guts will stick!!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 4 swallowed | punct |
| 2 | OMG | omg | INTJ | _ | 4 swallowed | discourse |
| 3 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 swallowed | nsubj |
| 4 | swallowed | swallow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 11 stick | advcl |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 gum | nmod:poss |
| 6 | gum | gum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 swallowed | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 swallowed | punct |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 guts | nmod:poss |
| 9 | guts | gut | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 stick | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 stick | aux |
| 11 | stick | stick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 11 stick | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 stick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | swallow in a quote | past | i | my gum | vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gum=Patient | ||||
| 2 | stick in a quote | future | my guts | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
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 your mate?
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 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 mate | nmod:poss |
| 6 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | 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 | your mate | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent what=Recipient mate=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It'll pass through in a day or two
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 pass | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 pass | aux |
| 3 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | through | through | ADP | _ | 3 pass | compound:prt |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 day | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 day | det |
| 7 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 pass | obl |
| 8 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 two | cc |
| 9 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 day | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass through | future | It | day | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Drink some cooking oil to unstick them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drink | drink | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 oil | det |
| 3 | cooking | cooking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 oil | compound |
| 4 | oil | oil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Drink | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 unstick | mark |
| 6 | unstick | unstick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Drink | advcl |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 unstick | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drink | imperative | you not said here | some cooking oil | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent oil=Patient | ||||
| 2 | unstick | to-infinitive | you not said here | them = they | tree rules |
Option 3
It'll stay stuck in there for seven years
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | xcomp |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 there | case |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 stay | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 years | case |
| 8 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 years | nummod |
| 9 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | future | It | year | stuck property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in there=Location |
Option 4
Go to hospital right now, without waiting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 3 hospital | case |
| 3 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 4 | right | right | ADV | _ | 5 now | advmod |
| 5 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 Go | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 waiting | punct |
| 7 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 8 waiting | mark |
| 8 | waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Go | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | hospital | now | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to hospital=Initial_Location | |||
| 2 | wait | gerund | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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