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Test 6 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

"Grandad's got a wart. Bet he touched a toad!" What's the better explanation?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Grandad, Bet, better explanation · What happens: get, touch, be · To what, where: wart, toad

This is test 6 · ★ 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: "Grandad's got a wart.

punctnsubjauxdetobjpunctroot"PUNCTGrandadPROPN'sAUXgotVERBaDETwartNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1""PUNCT_4 gotpunct
2GrandadGrandadPROPNNumber=Sing4 gotnsubj
3'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 gotaux
4gotgetVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 wartdet
6wartwartNOUNNumber=Sing4 gotobj
7..PUNCT_4 gotpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1get in a quotepresent · passiveGrandada wartvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wart=Stimulus

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: Bet he touched a toad!"

nsubjnsubjdetobjpunctpunctrootBetNOUNhePRONtouchedVERBaDETtoadNOUN!PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1BetbetNOUNNumber=Sing3 touchednsubj
2hehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 touchednsubj
3touchedtouchVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Finrootroot
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art5 toaddet
5toadtoadNOUNNumber=Sing3 touchedobj
6!!PUNCT_3 touchedpunct
7""PUNCT_3 touchedpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1touchpastBeta toadvn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme toad=Co-Theme

Sentence 3: What's the better explanation?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRON'sAUXtheDETbetterADJexplanationNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 explanationdet
4bettergoodADJDegree=Cmp5 explanationamod
5explanationexplanationNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe better explanationtree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Toads give warts only to grandads

nsubjobjadvmodcaseoblrootToadsNOUNgiveVERBwartsNOUNonlyADVtoADPgrandadsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ToadstoadNOUNNumber=Plur2 givensubj
2givegiveVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3wartswartNOUNNumber=Plur2 giveobj
4onlyonlyADV_6 grandadsadvmod
5totoADP_6 grandadscase
6grandadsgrandadNOUNNumber=Plur2 giveobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1givepresentToadswartsgrandadsvn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent wart=Theme to grandad=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Warts come from a human virus

nsubjcasedetamodoblrootWartsNOUNcomeVERBfromADPaDEThumanADJvirusNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WartswartNOUNNumber=Plur2 comensubj
2comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3fromfromADP_6 viruscase
4aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 virusdet
5humanhumanADJDegree=Pos6 virusamod
6virusvirusNOUNNumber=Sing2 comeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentWartsa human virusvn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from virus=Initial_Location

Option 3

Warts come from cold weather

nsubjcaseamodoblrootWartsNOUNcomeVERBfromADPcoldADJweatherNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WartswartNOUNNumber=Plur2 comensubj
2comecomeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3fromfromADP_5 weathercase
4coldcoldADJDegree=Pos5 weatheramod
5weatherweatherNOUNNumber=Sing2 comeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1comepresentWartscold weathervn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from weather=Initial_Location

Option 4

He must have eaten a frog

nsubjauxauxdetobjrootHePRONmustAUXhaveAUXeatenVERBaDETfrogNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 eatennsubj
2mustmustAUXVerbForm=Fin4 eatenaux
3havehaveAUXVerbForm=Inf4 eatenaux
4eateneatVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Partrootroot
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 frogdet
6frogfrogNOUNNumber=Sing4 eatenobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1eatmust · perfectHea frogvn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frog=Patient

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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