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Test 7 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies

Your mum buys moth balls and swats every flying moth to save her jumpers. What would help more?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum · What happens: buy, fly, save, help · To what, where: moth balls, jumpers

This is test 7 · ★ 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: Your mum buys moth balls and swats every flying moth to save her jumpers.

nmod:possnsubjcompoundobjccconjdetamodobjmarkadvclnmod:possobjpunctrootYourPRONmumNOUNbuysVERBmothNOUNballsNOUNandCCONJswatsNOUNeveryDETflyingVERBmothNOUNtoPARTsaveVERBherPRONjumpersNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 mumnmod:poss
2mummumNOUNNumber=Sing3 buysnsubj
3buysbuyVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4mothmothNOUNNumber=Sing5 ballscompound
5ballsballNOUNNumber=Plur3 buysobj
6andandCCONJ_7 swatscc
7swatsswatNOUNNumber=Plur5 ballsconj
8everyeveryDETPronType=Tot10 mothdet
9flyingflyVERBVerbForm=Ger10 mothamod
10mothmothNOUNNumber=Sing3 buysobj
11totoPART_12 savemark
12savesaveVERBVerbForm=Inf3 buysadvcl
13herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs14 jumpersnmod:poss
14jumpersjumperNOUNNumber=Plur12 saveobj
15..PUNCT_3 buyspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1buypresentYour mummoth balls and swatsvn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent ball=Beneficiary moth=Theme
2flygerundvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3saveto-infinitiveYour mum not said heremum's jumpersvn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent jumper=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 would help more?

nsubjauxadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXhelpVERBmoreADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 helpnsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 helpaux
3helphelpVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4moremoreADJDegree=Cmp3 helpadvmod
5??PUNCT_3 helppunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helpwouldvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Looking for and dealing with the caterpillars in the wool

oblccconjcasedetoblcasedetoblrootLookingVERBforADPandCCONJdealingVERBwithADPtheDETcaterpillarsNOUNinADPtheDETwoolNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2forforADP_1 Lookingobl
3andandCCONJ_4 dealingcc
4dealingdealVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Lookingconj
5withwithADP_7 caterpillarscase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 caterpillarsdet
7caterpillarscaterpillarNOUNNumber=Plur4 dealingobl
8ininADP_10 woolcase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 wooldet
10woolwoolNOUNNumber=Sing4 dealingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1lookgerundvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2dealgerundthe woolwith the caterpillarsvn cope-83 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent with caterpillar=Theme

Option 2

Swatting more flying moths

amodadvmodamodrootSwattingVERBmoreADVflyingVERBmothsNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SwattingswatVERBVerbForm=Ger4 mothsamod
2moremoreADVDegree=Cmp1 Swattingadvmod
3flyingflyVERBVerbForm=Ger4 mothsamod
4mothsmothNOUNNumber=Plurrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1swatgerundvn swat-18.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2flygerundvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Wearing the jumpers in the rain

detobjcasedetoblrootWearingVERBtheDETjumpersNOUNinADPtheDETrainNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WearingwearVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 jumpersdet
3jumpersjumperNOUNNumber=Plur1 Wearingobj
4ininADP_6 raincase
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 raindet
6rainrainNOUNNumber=Sing1 Wearingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1weargerundthe jumpersthe rainvn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent jumper=Source

Option 4

Putting the jumpers out in the bright sun for just one minute

detobjadvmodcasedetamodoblcaseadvmodnummodoblrootPuttingVERBtheDETjumpersNOUNoutADVinADPtheDETbrightADJsunNOUNforADPjustADVoneNUMminuteNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PuttingputVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 jumpersdet
3jumpersjumperNOUNNumber=Plur1 Puttingobj
4outoutADV_1 Puttingadvmod
5ininADP_8 suncase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art8 sundet
7brightbrightADJDegree=Pos8 sunamod
8sunsunNOUNNumber=Sing1 Puttingobl
9forforADP_12 minutecase
10justjustADV_11 oneadvmod
11oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card12 minutenummod
12minuteminuteNOUNNumber=Sing1 Puttingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1put outgerundthe jumpersthe bright sunminuteout propertyvn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent jumper=Theme in sun=Destination

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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