Test 9 · Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions

Which is a real reason to be careful opening an umbrella indoors?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be, open · To what, where: real reason, umbrella

This is test 9 of lesson 161 «Lucky socks and Grandma's superstitions» of the world 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 reason	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 reason	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 careful	mark
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 careful	cop
8	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	acl
9	opening	open	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 careful	advcl
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 umbrella	det
11	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 opening	obj
12	indoors	indoors	ADV	_	9 opening	advmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a real reason		tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive		careful property	tree rules
3	open	gerund	a umbrella	indoors property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location umbrella=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.

The options

Option 1

It lets bad luck into the house

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 lets	nsubj
2	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 luck	amod
4	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lets	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 house	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 house	det
7	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	It	bad luck		the house			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent luck=Theme

Option 2

It breaks the umbrella's good-luck charm, so it can't protect you

The tree, 14 words

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 breaks	nsubj
2	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 umbrella	det
4	umbrella	umbrella	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 charm	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 umbrella	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 luck	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 good	punct
8	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 charm	compound
9	charm	charm	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 breaks	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 protect	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 protect	advmod
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 protect	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 protect	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 protect	advmod
15	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 breaks	advcl
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	It	the umbrella's luck charm					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer charm=Patient
2	not protect	can	charm		you				vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary

Option 3

It makes pets ill the next week

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pets	pet	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
4	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 week	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 week	amod
7	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	pets			week	ill property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material pet=Product

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You could knock a lamp or poke someone's eye

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 knock	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 knock	aux
3	knock	knock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lamp	det
5	lamp	lamp	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 knock	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 poke	cc
7	poke	poke	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 knock	conj
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 eye	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 someone	case
10	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 poke	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	knock	could	You	a lamp					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient
2	poke	infinitive	You not said here	someone's eye					vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent eye=Theme

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