Test 1 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears
my bro says a dud firework is safe to pick up after a minute. right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: bro, dud firework · What happens: say, be, pick up · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 19 «Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears» of the physics 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bro | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 firework | det |
| 5 | dud | dud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 firework | compound |
| 6 | firework | firework | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 safe | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 safe | cop |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 pick | mark |
| 10 | pick | pick | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 safe | xcomp |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 10 pick | compound:prt |
| 12 | after | after | ADP | _ | 14 minute | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 minute | det |
| 14 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 pick | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 16 | right | right | INTJ | _ | 3 says | discourse |
| 17 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my bro | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | a dud firework | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | pick up | to-infinitive | a dud firework not said here | minute | vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent |
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.
The options
Option 1
Yes, after a minute it is dead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 8 dead | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 minute | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 minute | det |
| 5 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 dead | obl |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 dead | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 dead | cop |
| 8 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | minute | dead property | tree rules |
Option 2
No, but after five minutes it is safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 9 safe | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 safe | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 safe | cc |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 6 minutes | case |
| 5 | five | five | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 minutes | nummod |
| 6 | minutes | minute | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 safe | obl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 safe | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 safe | cop |
| 9 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | minute | safe property | tree rules |
Option 3
Yes, if you pour a little water on it first, it is completely dead
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 pour | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pour | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 pour | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 pour | nsubj |
| 5 | pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 dead | advcl |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 water | det |
| 7 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 water | amod |
| 8 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pour | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 pour | obl |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 5 pour | advmod |
| 12 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 pour | punct |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 dead | nsubj |
| 14 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 dead | cop |
| 15 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 16 dead | advmod |
| 16 | dead | dead | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour a condition, not said to happen | present | you | a little water | water | first property | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient | ||
| 2 | is | present | water | completely, dead property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, it can still go off later, leave it and tell an adult
The tree, 13 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 go | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 go | aux |
| 5 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 go | advmod |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 go | compound:prt |
| 8 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 go | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 leave | punct |
| 10 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 go | parataxis |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 leave | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 tell | cc |
| 13 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 leave | conj |
| 14 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 adult | det |
| 15 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | can | it | still | late property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme | |||
| 2 | leave | infinitive | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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