Test 8 · ★ · Light, shadows and colours
You want to cast a bigger shadow puppet on the wall. What should you do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: You · What happens: want, cast, do · To what, where: bigger shadow puppet, wall
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 53 «Light, shadows and colours» 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: You want to cast a bigger shadow puppet on the wall.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 want | nsubj |
| 2 | want | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 cast | mark |
| 4 | cast | cast | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 puppet | det |
| 6 | bigger | big | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 puppet | amod |
| 7 | shadow | shadow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 puppet | compound |
| 8 | puppet | puppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cast | obj |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 wall | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wall | det |
| 11 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 puppet | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 want | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | You | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cast not said to happen | to-infinitive | You not said here | a bigger shadow puppet | the wall | vn throw-17.1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent puppet=Theme on wall=Destination |
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: What should you do?
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 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Use a dimmer lamp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 lamp | det |
| 3 | dimmer | dimmer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lamp | compound |
| 4 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | a dimmer lamp | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamp=Patient |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Move the puppet nearer to the lamp
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 puppet | det |
| 3 | puppet | puppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obj |
| 4 | nearer | near | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 puppet | amod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 lamp | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 lamp | det |
| 7 | lamp | lamp | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | the puppet | the lamp | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent puppet=Theme to lamp=Trajectory |
Option 3
Use a clear plastic puppet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 puppet | det |
| 3 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 puppet | amod |
| 4 | plastic | plastic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 puppet | compound |
| 5 | puppet | puppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | a clear plastic puppet | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppet=Patient |
Option 4
Move the puppet nearer to the wall
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 puppet | det |
| 3 | puppet | puppet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obj |
| 4 | nearer | near | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 puppet | amod |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 wall | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 wall | det |
| 7 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | the puppet | the wall | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent puppet=Theme to wall=Trajectory |
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