Test 5 · ★ · Eyes and ears
Freya cleans deep inside her ears with cotton buds every day and shows off about it. What do you point out?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Freya, you · What happens: clean, show off, point out · To what, where: ears
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 3 «Eyes and ears» 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: Freya cleans deep inside her ears with cotton buds every day and shows off about it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Freya | Freya | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 cleans | nsubj |
| 2 | cleans | clean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | deep | deep | ADV | _ | 2 cleans | advmod |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 6 ears | case |
| 5 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 ears | nmod:poss |
| 6 | ears | ear | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cleans | obl |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 buds | case |
| 8 | cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 buds | compound |
| 9 | buds | bud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 cleans | obl |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 cleans | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 shows | cc |
| 13 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 cleans | conj |
| 14 | off | off | ADP | _ | 13 shows | compound:prt |
| 15 | about | about | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 shows | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 cleans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | clean | present | Freya | Freya's ears | day | with cotton buds; deep property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with bud=Instrument | ||
| 2 | show off | present | Freya not said here | about it | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent about it=Topic |
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 point out?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 point | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 point | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 point | nsubj |
| 4 | point | point | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 point | compound:prt |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 point | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point out | present · do-support | you | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1
She should use two cotton buds instead of one
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 use | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 use | aux |
| 3 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 buds | nummod |
| 5 | cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 buds | compound |
| 6 | buds | bud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 use | obj |
| 7 | instead | instead | ADV | ExtPos=ADP | 9 one | case |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 instead | fixed |
| 9 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | should | She | two cotton buds | instead one | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bud=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The packet itself says not to put them in your ear
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 packet | det |
| 2 | packet | packet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 says | nsubj |
| 3 | itself | itself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Emp Reflex=Yes | 2 packet | nmod:unmarked |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 put | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 put | mark |
| 7 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 put | obj |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 ear | case |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 ear | nmod:poss |
| 11 | ear | ear | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | the packet packet | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not put | to-infinitive | them = they | your ear | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme in ear=Destination |
Option 3
Wax only comes out if you never wash your hair with shampoo
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wax | Wax | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 comes | advmod |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | out | out | ADP | _ | 3 comes | compound:prt |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 wash | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 wash | nsubj |
| 7 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 wash | advmod |
| 8 | wash | wash | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 comes | advcl |
| 9 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 hair | nmod:poss |
| 10 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wash | obj |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 12 shampoo | case |
| 12 | shampoo | shampoo | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 wash | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come out | present | Wax | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | not wash a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | you | your hair | with shampoo | vn floss-41.2.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent hair=Patient with shampoo=Instrument |
Option 4
Cotton buds should be wet to work properly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cotton | cotton | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 buds | compound |
| 2 | buds | bud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wet | nsubj |
| 3 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 wet | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wet | cop |
| 5 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 work | mark |
| 7 | work | work | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wet | advcl |
| 8 | properly | properly | ADV | _ | 7 work | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should | Cotton buds | wet property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | work | to-infinitive | Cotton buds not said here | properly property | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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