Test 4 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears
In a cartoon a firecracker goes off in a cat's paws and the cat just has sooty fur. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: firecracker, cat · What happens: go off, have, be · To what, where: cartoon, sooty fur
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon a firecracker goes off in a cat's paws and the cat just has sooty fur.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 firecracker | det |
| 5 | firecracker | firecracker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 goes | compound:prt |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 paws | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 cat | det |
| 10 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 paws | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 cat | case |
| 12 | paws | paw | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 goes | obl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 has | cc |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 cat | det |
| 15 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 has | nsubj |
| 16 | just | just | ADV | _ | 17 has | advmod |
| 17 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 goes | conj |
| 18 | sooty | sooty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 19 fur | amod |
| 19 | fur | fur | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 has | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go off | present | a firecracker | a cartoon | in a cat's paws | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Location | |||
| 2 | have | present | the cat | sooty fur | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fur=Patient |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Real fireworks only ever burn your hair and never your skin
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fireworks | amod |
| 2 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 burn | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 burn | advmod |
| 4 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 5 burn | advmod |
| 5 | burn | burn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hair | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hair | hair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 burn | obj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 skin | cc |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 skin | advmod |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 skin | nmod:poss |
| 11 | skin | skin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 burn | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | burn | infinitive | Real fireworks | your hair | ever | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent hair=Theme |
Option 2
Real cats are immune to bangs
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cats | amod |
| 2 | cats | cat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 immune | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 immune | cop |
| 4 | immune | immune | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 bangs | case |
| 6 | bangs | bang | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 immune | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Real cats | to bangs; immune property | tree rules |
Option 3
Nothing, that is exactly what happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 what | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 1 Nothing | nmod |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 what | cop |
| 5 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 6 what | advmod |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 7 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | exactly property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Real fireworks can badly injure anyone who holds them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 fireworks | amod |
| 2 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 injure | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 injure | aux |
| 4 | badly | badly | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 injure | advmod |
| 5 | injure | injure | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 injure | obj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 holds | nsubj |
| 8 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 holds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | injure | can | Real fireworks | anyone | badly property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | hold | present | fireworks = firework | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
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