Test 8 · Chocolate and sweets

«bloody gum on the pavement again» Why is spat gum a problem for towns?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: bloody gum · What happens: be · To what, where: spat gum

This is test 8 of lesson 2 «Chocolate and sweets» of the technology 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 gum	punct
2	bloody	bloody	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gum	amod
3	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gum	nsubj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 pavement	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pavement	det
6	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gum	nmod
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 pavement	advmod
8	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 gum	punct
9	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 gum	advmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 gum	cop
11	spat	spat	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gum	compound
12	gum	gum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 problem	det
14	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gum	appos
15	for	for	ADP	_	16 towns	case
16	towns	town	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 problem	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 gum	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	bloody gum on the pavement	spat gum					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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It sticks hard and costs a lot to clean off

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	2 sticks	nsubj
2	sticks	stick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 sticks	advmod
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 costs	cc
5	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sticks	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 lot	det
7	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 costs	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 clean	mark
9	clean	clean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 costs	advcl
10	off	off	ADP	_	9 clean	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stick	present	It		hard property	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
2	cost	present		a lot		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme lot=Value
3	clean off	to-infinitive				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

It grows into weeds that push up between the stones

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	2 grows	nsubj
2	grows	grow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	4 weeds	case
4	weeds	weed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grows	obl
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 push	nsubj
6	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 weeds	acl:relcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 push	compound:prt
8	between	between	ADP	_	10 stones	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 stones	det
10	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	present	It					into weeds result	vn become-109.1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient into weed=Result
2	push up	present	weeds			the stones			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent between stone=Destination

Option 3

It slowly turns the pavement stones into rubber

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 turns	nsubj
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 turns	advmod
3	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 stones	det
5	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stones	compound
6	stones	stone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turns	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	8 rubber	case
8	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 turns	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	present	It	the pavement stones		rubber		slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent stone=Theme into rubber=Trajectory

Option 4

It melts holes in the pavement in hot summer weather

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	2 melts	nsubj
2	melts	melt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	holes	hole	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 melts	obj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 pavement	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 pavement	det
6	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 weather	case
8	hot	hot	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 weather	amod
9	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 weather	compound
10	weather	weather	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 melts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	melt	present	It	holes		the pavement		in hot summer weather	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Patient hole=Result

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