Test 4 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies
A seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September. How many spots do they have?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: spot ladybird, many spots · What happens: land, have
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 9 «Small creatures and creepy-crawlies» 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 seven-spot ladybird lands on you in June and another in September.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ladybird | det |
| 2 | seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 spot | nummod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 seven | punct |
| 4 | spot | spot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ladybird | compound |
| 5 | ladybird | ladybird | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lands | nsubj |
| 6 | lands | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 lands | obl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 June | case |
| 10 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 lands | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 September | cc |
| 12 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 14 September | det |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 September | case |
| 14 | September | September | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 June | conj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | a spot ladybird | june | on you | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme on you=Destination |
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: How many spots do they have?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | How | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 many | advmod |
| 2 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 spots | amod |
| 3 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 have | aux |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present · do-support | many spots | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Seven each, the spots don't grow with age
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | root | root |
| 2 | each | each | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Seven | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 grow | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 spots | det |
| 5 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 grow | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 grow | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 grow | advmod |
| 8 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Seven | conj |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 age | case |
| 10 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not grow | present · do-support | the spots | with age | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Fewer in September, because their spots fall off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Fewer | few | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 September | case |
| 3 | September | September | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Fewer | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 fall | punct |
| 5 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 8 fall | mark |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 spots | nmod:poss |
| 7 | spots | spot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fall | nsubj |
| 8 | fall | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Fewer | conj |
| 9 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 fall | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall off | present | their spots | vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute |
Option 3
It depends on how warm the summer has been
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 | 2 depends | nsubj |
| 2 | depends | depend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 warm | case |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 warm | advmod |
| 5 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 depends | obl |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 summer | det |
| 7 | summer | summer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 been | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 been | aux |
| 9 | been | be | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 2 depends | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | depend | present | It | on warm | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S_ING»: agent=Agent on warm=Theme | ||||
| 2 | be | present · perfect | the summer | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Seven in June, and then more of them by September
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Seven | seven | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 3 June | nummod |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 June | case |
| 3 | June | June | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 more | punct |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 more | cc |
| 6 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 more | advmod |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 June | amod |
| 8 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 more | obl |
| 10 | by | by | ADP | _ | 11 September | case |
| 11 | September | September | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 June | nmod |
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