Test 10 · "How do you know?" Kai: "If they buried their heads, they'd suffocate. There'd be no ostriches left. Think, bro." What is Kai doing?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, Kai, ostriches, you · What happens: bury, suffocate, be, leave, think, do · To what, where: heads, ostriches, bro
This is test 10 of lesson 186 «"How do you know?"» 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 Sentence 1: Kai: "If they buried their heads, they'd suffocate.
nsubj punct punct mark nsubj advcl nmod:poss obj punct nsubj aux punct root Kai PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT If SCONJ they PRON buried VERB their PRON heads NOUN , PUNCT they PRON 'd AUX suffocate VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 12 suffocate nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 12 suffocate punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 12 suffocate punct 4 If if SCONJ _ 6 buried mark 5 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 buried nsubj 6 buried bury VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 12 suffocate advcl 7 their their PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 8 heads nmod:poss 8 heads head NOUN Number=Plur 6 buried obj 9 , , PUNCT _ 6 buried punct 10 they they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 suffocate nsubj 11 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 suffocate aux 12 suffocate suffocate VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 13 . . PUNCT _ 12 suffocate punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 bury a condition, not said to happen, in a quote past they their heads vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Theme 2 suffocate in a quote would Kai vn suffocate-40.7 «NP.theme V»: agent=Patient
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: There'd be no ostriches left.
expl aux det nsubj acl punct root There PRON 'd AUX be VERB no DET ostriches NOUN left VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 There there PRON PronType=Dem 3 be expl 2 'd would AUX VerbForm=Fin 3 be aux 3 be be VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 4 no no DET PronType=Neg 5 ostriches det 5 ostriches ostrich NOUN Number=Plur 3 be nsubj 6 left leave VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 ostriches acl 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 be punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 be would no ostriches there vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 leave participle no ostriches not said here vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: Think, bro."
punct obj punct punct root Think VERB , PUNCT bro NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Think think VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 3 bro punct 3 bro bro NOUN Number=Sing 1 Think obj 4 . . PUNCT _ 1 Think punct 5 " " PUNCT _ 1 Think punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 think speech: other imperative you not said here bro vn wish-62 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot bro=Theme
Sentence 4: What is Kai doing?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX Kai PROPN doing VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 4 doing obj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 doing aux 3 Kai Kai PROPN Number=Sing 4 doing nsubj 4 doing do VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 doing punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 do present · progressive Kai vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Attacking the person who said it
det obj nsubj acl:relcl obj root Attacking VERB the DET person NOUN who PRON said VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Attacking attack VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 person det 3 person person NOUN Number=Sing 1 Attacking obj 4 who who PRON PronType=Rel 5 said nsubj 5 said say VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 3 person acl:relcl 6 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 5 said obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 attack gerund the person vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient 2 say speech: assert past the person person vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
Option 2 Saying everyone believes it
csubj obj obj root Saying VERB everyone PRON believes VERB it PRON The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Saying say VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 believes csubj 2 everyone everyone PRON Number=Sing PronType=Tot 1 Saying obj 3 believes believe VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 believes obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 say speech: assert gerund everyone vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent everyone=Topic 2 believe present Saying it vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Checking what would follow if the claim were true
nsubj obj aux mark det nsubj cop advcl root Checking VERB what PRON would AUX follow VERB if SCONJ the DET claim NOUN were AUX true ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Checking check VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 4 follow nsubj 2 what what PRON PronType=Int 4 follow obj 3 would would AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 follow aux 4 follow follow VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 if if SCONJ _ 9 true mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 claim det 7 claim claim NOUN Number=Sing 9 true nsubj 8 were be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 9 true cop 9 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 4 follow advcl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 check gerund vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 2 follow would vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme 3 is a condition, not said to happen past the claim true property tree rules
Option 4 Quoting a famous person
det amod obj root Quoting VERB a DET famous ADJ person NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Quoting quote VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 person det 3 famous famous ADJ Degree=Pos 4 person amod 4 person person NOUN Number=Sing 1 Quoting obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 quote speech: other gerund a famous person vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic
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