Test 6 · ★★ · Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs
In a cartoon, a boy jumps up and down on a frozen pond and is totally fine. What's the safety truth?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, safety truth · What happens: jump up, freeze, be · To what, where: cartoon
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 8 «Scary things in the world: news, strangers, war and what-ifs» of the reflection 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 boy jumps up and down on a frozen pond and is totally fine.
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 | 7 jumps | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 boy | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumps | nsubj |
| 7 | jumps | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | up | up | ADV | _ | 7 jumps | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 down | cc |
| 10 | down | down | ADV | _ | 8 up | conj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 pond | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 pond | det |
| 13 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 pond | amod |
| 14 | pond | pond | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 jumps | obl |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 fine | cc |
| 16 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 fine | cop |
| 17 | totally | totally | ADV | _ | 18 fine | advmod |
| 18 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 jumps | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 jumps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump up | present | a boy | a cartoon | on a frozen pond | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | a boy not said here | fine, totally property | 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: What's the safety truth?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 truth | det |
| 4 | safety | safety | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 truth | compound |
| 5 | truth | truth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safety truth | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Ice holds anyone under the age of twelve
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | nsubj |
| 2 | holds | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 2 holds | obj |
| 4 | under | under | ADP | _ | 6 age | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 age | det |
| 6 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 holds | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 8 twelve | case |
| 8 | twelve | twelve | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 age | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | present | Ice | anyone | under the age of twelve | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme under age=Location |
Option 2
Ice is always safe if you jump fast enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 safe | advmod |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 jump | mark |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 jump | nsubj |
| 7 | jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | advcl |
| 8 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 7 jump | advmod |
| 9 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 7 jump | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Ice | always, safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | jump a condition, not said to happen | present | you | enough, fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Ponds only crack like that in films and cartoons, never in real life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 crack | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 crack | advmod |
| 3 | crack | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | like | like | ADP | _ | 5 that | case |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 crack | obl |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 films | case |
| 7 | films | film | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 crack | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 cartoons | cc |
| 9 | cartoons | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 films | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 life | punct |
| 11 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 14 life | advmod |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 life | case |
| 13 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 life | amod |
| 14 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 crack | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | crack | present | Ponds | films and cartoons | like that; in real life | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ice can look strong but break, so never walk on frozen ponds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 look | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 look | aux |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 look | xcomp |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 break | cc |
| 6 | break | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 look | conj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 walk | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 10 walk | advmod |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 walk | advmod |
| 10 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 look | parataxis |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 ponds | case |
| 12 | frozen | freeze | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 ponds | amod |
| 13 | ponds | pond | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 walk | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | can | Ice | strong property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | break | present | Ice not said here | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | not walk | infinitive | frozen ponds | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pond=Trajectory | |||||
| 4 | freeze | participle | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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