Test 7 · Light and shadows
oi, what you wearing black for in this heat, you thick or what? What is the point he's making?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: wear, be
This is test 7 of lesson 20 «Light and shadows» 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: oi, what you wearing black for in this heat, you thick or what?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | oi | oi | ADV | _ | 5 wearing | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wearing | punct |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 wearing | nsubj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 wearing | nsubj |
| 5 | wearing | wear | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 13 thick | advcl |
| 6 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 wearing | xcomp |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 heat | case |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 heat | case |
| 9 | this | this | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 10 heat | det |
| 10 | heat | heat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 black | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wearing | punct |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 13 thick | nsubj |
| 13 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 14 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 15 what | cc |
| 15 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 thick | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 13 thick | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | gerund | black property | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: 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.
Sentence 2: What is the point he's making?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 making | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 making | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 making | nsubj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 making | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 making | aux |
| 7 | making | make | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 making | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present · progressive | make property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Black makes the Sun shine harder and longer on you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | Black | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 Sun | det |
| 4 | Sun | Sun | PROPN | Number=Sing | 5 shine | nsubj |
| 5 | shine | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 makes | xcomp |
| 6 | harder | hard | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | advmod |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 longer | cc |
| 8 | longer | long | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 harder | conj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Black | on you; hard property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | shine | present | the Sun | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP.location V PP.theme»: agent=Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Black soaks up sunlight and makes you hotter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | black | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soaks | nsubj |
| 2 | soaks | soak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 soaks | compound:prt |
| 4 | sunlight | sunlight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 soaks | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 makes | cc |
| 6 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 soaks | conj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 makes | obj |
| 8 | hotter | hot | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak up | present | Black | sunlight | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sunlight=Source | ||||
| 2 | make | present | Black not said here | you | hot property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product |
Option 3
Black cloth lets in more wind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cloth | amod |
| 2 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lets | nsubj |
| 3 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 wind | case |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 wind | amod |
| 6 | wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lets | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | Black cloth | more wind | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Black cloth is heavier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 cloth | amod |
| 2 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 heavier | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 heavier | cop |
| 4 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Black cloth | heavy property | tree rules |
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