Test 8 · ★ · Small creatures and creepy-crawlies An earwig is on your pillow. Your little brother is screaming. What do you tell him?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: earwig, little brother, you · What happens: be, scream, tell · To what, where: pillow, brother · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 8 · ★ 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: An earwig is on your pillow.
det nsubj cop case nmod:poss punct root An DET earwig NOUN is AUX on ADP your PRON pillow NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 An a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 earwig det 2 earwig earwig NOUN Number=Sing 6 pillow nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 pillow cop 4 on on ADP _ 6 pillow case 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 pillow nmod:poss 6 pillow pillow NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 pillow punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a earwig your pillow tree rules
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: Your little brother is screaming.
nmod:poss amod nsubj aux punct root Your PRON little ADJ brother NOUN is AUX screaming VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 brother nmod:poss 2 little little ADJ Degree=Pos 3 brother amod 3 brother brother NOUN Number=Sing 5 screaming nsubj 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 screaming aux 5 screaming scream VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 screaming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 scream speech: express present · progressive Your little brother vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Sentence 3: What do you tell him?
obj aux nsubj iobj punct root What PRON do AUX you PRON tell VERB him PRON ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 tell obj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 tell aux 3 you you PRON Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs 4 tell nsubj 4 tell tell VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 him he PRON Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 tell iobj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 tell punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present · do-support you brother vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic
The options Option 1 Hide your ears, it's coming for your brain
nmod:poss obj punct nsubj aux parataxis case nmod:poss obl root Hide VERB your PRON ears NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX coming VERB for ADP your PRON brain NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hide hide VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 3 ears nmod:poss 3 ears ear NOUN Number=Plur 1 Hide obj 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 coming punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 coming nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 coming aux 7 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Hide parataxis 8 for for ADP _ 10 brain case 9 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 10 brain nmod:poss 10 brain brain NOUN Number=Sing 7 coming obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide imperative you not said here your ears vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ear=Patient 2 come present · progressive it for your brain vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 Put cotton wool in your ears forever
compound obj case nmod:poss obl advmod root Put VERB cotton NOUN wool NOUN in ADP your PRON ears NOUN forever ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 cotton cotton NOUN Number=Sing 3 wool compound 3 wool wool NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 ears case 5 your your PRON Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 6 ears nmod:poss 6 ears ear NOUN Number=Plur 1 Put obl 7 forever forever ADV _ 1 Put advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put imperative you not said here cotton wool your ears forever property vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent wool=Theme in ear=Destination
Option 3 Earwigs only eat the brains of children who sleep on their side
nsubj advmod det obj case nmod nsubj acl:relcl case nmod:poss obl root Earwigs NOUN only ADV eat VERB the DET brains NOUN of ADP children NOUN who PRON sleep VERB on ADP their PRON side NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Earwigs earwig NOUN Number=Plur 3 eat nsubj 2 only only ADV _ 3 eat advmod 3 eat eat VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 brains det 5 brains brain NOUN Number=Plur 3 eat obj 6 of of ADP _ 7 children case 7 children child NOUN Number=Plur 5 brains nmod 8 who who PRON PronType=Rel 9 sleep nsubj 9 sleep sleep VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 children acl:relcl 10 on on ADP _ 12 side case 11 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 12 side nmod:poss 12 side side NOUN Number=Sing 9 sleep obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 eat present Earwigs the brains of children vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brain=Patient 2 sleep present children Earwigs's side vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Earwigs don't go for ears; it's just a spooky name
nsubj aux advmod case obl punct nsubj cop advmod det amod obl root Earwigs NOUN do AUX n't PART go VERB for ADP ears NOUN ; PUNCT it PRON 's AUX just ADV a DET spooky ADJ name NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Earwigs earwig NOUN Number=Plur 4 go nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 go aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 go advmod 4 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 for for ADP _ 6 ears case 6 ears ear NOUN Number=Plur 4 go obl 7 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 name punct 8 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 name nsubj 9 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 name cop 10 just just ADV _ 13 name advmod 11 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 13 name det 12 spooky spooky ADJ Degree=Pos 13 name amod 13 name name NOUN Number=Sing 4 go obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not go present · do-support Earwigs for ears vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for ear=Beneficiary 2 is a present it a spooky name tree rules
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