Test 6 · When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies Kai shouts, «Dad, Shelly the tortoise is dead, she won't move!» It is January. What should Kai do first?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Kai, tortoise · What happens: shout, be, not move, do · To what, where: Dad, Shelly, January · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 6 of lesson 55 «When a small pet dies: fish, hamsters and budgies» of the religion ethics 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: Kai shouts, «Dad, Shelly the tortoise is dead, she won't move!»
nsubj punct punct obj punct appos det nsubj cop acl:relcl punct nsubj aux advmod parataxis punct punct root Kai PROPN shouts VERB , PUNCT « PUNCT Dad NOUN , PUNCT Shelly PROPN the DET tortoise NOUN is AUX dead ADJ , PUNCT she PRON wo AUX n't PART move VERB ! PUNCT » PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 2 shouts nsubj 2 shouts shout VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 , , PUNCT _ 5 Dad punct 4 « « PUNCT _ 5 Dad punct 5 Dad dad NOUN Number=Sing 2 shouts obj 6 , , PUNCT _ 7 Shelly punct 7 Shelly Shelly PROPN Number=Sing 5 Dad appos 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 tortoise det 9 tortoise tortoise NOUN Number=Sing 11 dead nsubj 10 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 dead cop 11 dead dead ADJ Degree=Pos 7 Shelly acl:relcl 12 , , PUNCT _ 16 move punct 13 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 16 move nsubj 14 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 16 move aux 15 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 16 move advmod 16 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 shouts parataxis 17 ! ! PUNCT _ 16 move punct 18 » » PUNCT _ 2 shouts punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 shout speech: express present Kai Dad tree rules 2 is in a quote present the tortoise Shelly not said here dead property tree rules 3 not move in a quote future Kai vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
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: It is January.
nsubj cop punct root It PRON is AUX January PROPN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 January nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 January cop 3 January January PROPN Number=Sing root root 4 . . PUNCT _ 3 January punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present tortoise January tree rules
Sentence 3: What should Kai do first?
obj aux nsubj advmod punct root What PRON should AUX Kai PROPN do VERB first ADV ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 do obj 2 should should AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 do aux 3 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 4 do nsubj 4 do do VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 4 do advmod 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 do punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do should Kai first property vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 · ✓ the right answer Ask an adult or vet to check; she may be hibernating
det obj cc conj mark xcomp punct nsubj aux aux ccomp root Ask VERB an DET adult NOUN or CCONJ vet NOUN to PART check VERB ; PUNCT she PRON may AUX be AUX hibernating VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ask ask VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 an a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 adult det 3 adult adult NOUN Number=Sing 1 Ask obj 4 or or CCONJ _ 5 vet cc 5 vet vet NOUN Number=Sing 3 adult conj 6 to to PART _ 7 check mark 7 check check VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Ask xcomp 8 ; ; PUNCT _ 1 Ask punct 9 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 hibernating nsubj 10 may may AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 hibernating aux 11 be be AUX VerbForm=Inf 12 hibernating aux 12 hibernating hibernate VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Ask ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ask speech: ask imperative you not said here a adult or vet vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic 2 check not said to happen to-infinitive you not said here vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 3 hibernate may · progressive she vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location
Option 2 Throw cold water on her to see
amod obj case obl mark advcl root Throw VERB cold ADJ water NOUN on ADP her PRON to PART see VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Throw throw VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 cold cold ADJ Degree=Pos 3 water amod 3 water water NOUN Number=Sing 1 Throw obj 4 on on ADP _ 5 her case 5 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Throw obl 6 to to PART _ 7 see mark 7 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Throw advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 throw imperative you not said here cold water on her = she vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent water=Theme on she=Destination 2 see to-infinitive you not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice Put her in a hot oven to wake her
obj case det amod obl mark advcl obj root Put VERB her PRON in ADP a DET hot ADJ oven NOUN to PART wake VERB her PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Put put VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Put obj 3 in in ADP _ 6 oven case 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 oven det 5 hot hot ADJ Degree=Pos 6 oven amod 6 oven oven NOUN Number=Sing 1 Put obl 7 to to PART _ 8 wake mark 8 wake wake VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Put advcl 9 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 8 wake obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 put imperative you not said here her = she a hot oven vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in oven=Destination 2 wake to-infinitive you not said here her = she vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent she=Patient
Option 4 Bury her in the garden straight away before going to school
obj case det obl advmod advmod mark advcl case obl root Bury VERB her PRON in ADP the DET garden NOUN straight ADV away ADV before SCONJ going VERB to ADP school NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Bury bury VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 her she PRON Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Bury obj 3 in in ADP _ 5 garden case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 garden det 5 garden garden NOUN Number=Sing 1 Bury obl 6 straight straight ADV _ 7 away advmod 7 away away ADV _ 1 Bury advmod 8 before before SCONJ _ 9 going mark 9 going go VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 1 Bury advcl 10 to to ADP _ 11 school case 11 school school NOUN Number=Sing 9 going obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bury imperative you not said here her = she the garden away property vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme in garden=Destination 2 go gerund you not said here school vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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