Test 5 · ★ · Pets and farm animals
"Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl forever, it'll stay cute and tiny." What's wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: goldfish · What happens: win, keep, stay, be · To what, where: goldfish, fair, little round bowl
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 7 «Pets and farm animals» 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: "Won a goldfish at the fair, gonna keep it in this little round bowl forever, it'll stay cute and tiny."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Won | punct |
| 2 | Won | win | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 goldfish | det |
| 4 | goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Won | obj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 fair | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 fair | det |
| 7 | fair | fair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Won | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 keep | punct |
| 9 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 10 keep | dep |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 Won | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 keep | obj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 bowl | case |
| 13 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 16 bowl | nsubj |
| 14 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 bowl | amod |
| 15 | round | round | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 bowl | amod |
| 16 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 keep | obl |
| 17 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 16 bowl | advmod |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 stay | punct |
| 19 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 stay | nsubj |
| 20 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 stay | aux |
| 21 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 keep | conj |
| 22 | cute | cute | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 21 stay | xcomp |
| 23 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 24 tiny | cc |
| 24 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 cute | conj |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 Won | punct |
| 26 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 Won | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | win in a quote | past | a goldfish | the fair | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent goldfish=Theme at fair=Asset | ||||
| 2 | keep in a quote | infinitive | goldfish | little round bowl | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in bowl=Location | ||||
| 3 | stay in a quote | future | goldfish | cute property | vn exist-47.1 «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: What's wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It will keep on growing until it is too big and bursts the bowl
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 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | SCONJ | _ | 5 growing | mark |
| 5 | growing | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keep | xcomp |
| 6 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 big | mark |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 big | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 big | cop |
| 9 | too | too | ADV | _ | 10 big | advmod |
| 10 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 keep | advcl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 bursts | cc |
| 12 | bursts | burst | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | conj |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bowl | det |
| 14 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bursts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | future | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | grow | gerund | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | it | big property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | burst | present | the bowl | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bowl=Theme |
Option 2
Goldfish prefer tiny bowls to ponds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | nsubj |
| 2 | prefer | prefer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 bowls | amod |
| 4 | bowls | bowl | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | obj |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 ponds | case |
| 6 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 prefer | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prefer | present | Goldfish | tiny bowls | to ponds | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bowl=Stimulus |
Option 3
Nothing, goldfish never grow anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 grow | obl |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | goldfish | goldfish | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 grow | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 grow | advmod |
| 5 | grow | grow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 5 grow | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow | present | goldfish | Nothing | anyway property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A tiny bowl stunts and stresses it; it needs a proper tank
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stunts | det |
| 2 | tiny | tiny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stunts | amod |
| 3 | bowl | bowl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stunts | compound |
| 4 | stunts | stunt | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 stresses | cc |
| 6 | stresses | stress | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stunts | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 stresses | obj |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 needs | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 needs | nsubj |
| 10 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 stunts | parataxis |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 tank | det |
| 12 | proper | proper | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 tank | amod |
| 13 | tank | tank | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stress | present | it | vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | |||||
| 2 | need | present | it | a proper tank | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tank=Theme |
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