Test 11 · ★ · Colds, coughs and the weather
A girl is shivering, soaking wet, on a freezing winter walk. Why should she get warm and dry fast?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: shiver, soak, walk, get
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 4 «Colds, coughs and the weather» 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: A girl is shivering, soaking wet, on a freezing winter walk.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shivering | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 shivering | aux |
| 4 | shivering | shiver | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 soaking | punct |
| 6 | soaking | soak | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 4 shivering | conj |
| 7 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 soaking | xcomp |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 winter | punct |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 winter | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 winter | det |
| 11 | freezing | freezing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 winter | compound |
| 12 | winter | winter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 walk | obl |
| 13 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 shivering | parataxis |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 shivering | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shiver | present · progressive | a girl | vn body_internal_states-40.6 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | soak | gerund | a girl not said here | wet property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 3 | walk | infinitive | winter | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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: Why should she get warm and dry fast?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 get | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 dry | cc |
| 7 | dry | dry | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 warm | conj |
| 8 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 get | advmod |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | should | girl | fast, warm property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Being soaked in great cold can lead to dangerous hypothermia
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 soaked | aux:pass |
| 2 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 lead | csubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 cold | case |
| 4 | great | great | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cold | amod |
| 5 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soaked | obl |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 lead | aux |
| 7 | lead | lead | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 hypothermia | case |
| 9 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 hypothermia | amod |
| 10 | hypothermia | hypothermia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 lead | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak | gerund · passive | in great cold | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: in cold=Theme | |||||
| 2 | lead | can | to dangerous hypothermia | vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to hypothermia=Patient |
Option 2
Her wet coat is full of cold viruses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 coat | nmod:poss |
| 2 | wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 coat | amod |
| 3 | coat | coat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 full | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 full | cop |
| 5 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 viruses | case |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 viruses | amod |
| 8 | viruses | virus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 full | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Her wet coat | of cold viruses; full property | tree rules |
Option 3
She'll catch a cold within ten minutes if she doesn't change at once
The tree, 15 words
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 catch | nsubj |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 catch | aux |
| 3 | catch | catch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 cold | det |
| 5 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 catch | obj |
| 6 | within | within | ADP | _ | 8 minutes | case |
| 7 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 minutes | nummod |
| 8 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 catch | obl |
| 9 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 13 change | mark |
| 10 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 change | nsubj |
| 11 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 change | aux |
| 12 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 change | advmod |
| 13 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 catch | advcl |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 15 once | case |
| 15 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 13 change | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | catch | future | She | a cold | minute | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cold=Theme | |||
| 2 | not change a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | she | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Wet clothes make your snot turn green
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wet | wet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 clothes | amod |
| 2 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 snot | nmod:poss |
| 5 | snot | snot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | turn | turn | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | xcomp |
| 7 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 turn | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Wet clothes | your snot | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | turn | infinitive | your snot not said here | green property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
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