Test 6 · ★ · Bangs and loud sounds: firecrackers and ears
Bloody neighbours with their fireworks again, my dog's shaking under the bed. What helps?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dog · What happens: shake, help · To what, where: bed
This is test 6 · ★ 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: Bloody neighbours with their fireworks again, my dog's shaking under the bed.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bloody | bloody | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 neighbours | amod |
| 2 | neighbours | neighbour | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 again | nsubj |
| 3 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 fireworks | case |
| 4 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 fireworks | nmod:poss |
| 5 | fireworks | firework | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 neighbours | nmod |
| 6 | again | again | ADV | _ | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 again | punct |
| 8 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 dog | nmod:poss |
| 9 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 again | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 dog | case |
| 11 | shaking | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 dog | acl |
| 12 | under | under | ADP | _ | 14 bed | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 bed | det |
| 14 | bed | bed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 shaking | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 again | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | gerund | my dog not said here | the bed | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under bed=Location |
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 helps?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Let him run loose in the garden
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | loose | loose | ADV | _ | 3 run | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 garden | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 garden | det |
| 7 | garden | garden | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | him = he | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | run | infinitive | him = he not said here | the garden | loose property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garden=Trajectory |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Take him outside so he gets used to it and calms down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 1 Take | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 gets | advmod |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 gets | nsubj |
| 6 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | advcl |
| 7 | used | use | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 gets | xcomp |
| 8 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 used | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 calms | cc |
| 11 | calms | calm | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gets | conj |
| 12 | down | down | ADP | _ | 11 calms | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take | imperative | you not said here | him = he | outside property | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument he=Destination | |||
| 2 | get | present | he | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | use | participle | he not said here | it | vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 4 | calm down | present | he not said here | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Shout at him to stop shaking
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 him | case |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shout | obl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 stop | mark |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Shout | advcl |
| 6 | shaking | shake | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 stop | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | at him = he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | stop | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | shake | gerund | you not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Keep him in, curtains shut, some quiet music on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 curtains | punct |
| 5 | curtains | curtain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Keep | obl |
| 6 | shut | shut | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 music | punct |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 10 music | det |
| 9 | quiet | quiet | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 music | amod |
| 10 | music | music | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | obl |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 music | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | him = he | some quiet music | curtains obl; shut property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on music=Location |
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