Test 11 · ★ · Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies
Sashko's dad lifts him on his "plechE" to see the parade. Where is Sashko?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: dad, Sashko · What happens: lift, see, be · To what, where: Sashko, plechE, parade
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 21 «Bruises and hand-washing; cats, dogs and ponies» of the Ukrainian street 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: Sashko's dad lifts him on his "plechE" to see the parade.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Sashko | case |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lifts | nsubj |
| 4 | lifts | lift | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lifts | obj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 plechE | case |
| 7 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 plechE | nmod:poss |
| 8 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 plechE | punct |
| 9 | plechE | pleche | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lifts | obl |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 9 plechE | punct |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 see | mark |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lifts | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 parade | det |
| 14 | parade | parade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 see | obj |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lifts | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lift | present | Sashko's dad | Sashko | dad's plechE | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme on pleche=Destination | |||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | Sashko's dad not said here | the parade | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer parade=Stimulus |
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: Where is Sashko?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Where | where | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Where | cop |
| 3 | Sashko | Sashko | PROPN | Number=Sing | 1 Where | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Where | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Sashko | where property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
On his dad's back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 back | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dad | case |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
In his dad's arms
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 5 arms | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 arms | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dad | case |
| 5 | arms | arm | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
On his dad's shoulders
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 5 shoulders | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 shoulders | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dad | case |
| 5 | shoulders | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
On his dad's knee
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 5 knee | case |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 dad | nmod:poss |
| 3 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 knee | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 dad | case |
| 5 | knee | knee | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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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