Test 1 · ★ · Deserts, rainforests and grasslands
A traveller packs only shorts and T-shirts for a week of camping in the Sahara. What problem might he have?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: traveller, problem · What happens: pack, have · To what, where: shorts
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 66 «Deserts, rainforests and grasslands» 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: A traveller packs only shorts and T-shirts for a week of camping in the Sahara.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 traveller | det |
| 2 | traveller | traveller | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 packs | nsubj |
| 3 | packs | pack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 shorts | advmod |
| 5 | shorts | short | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 packs | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shirts | cc |
| 7 | T | t | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 shirts | compound |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 T | punct |
| 9 | shirts | shirt | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 shorts | conj |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 week | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 week | det |
| 12 | week | week | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 packs | obl |
| 13 | of | of | ADP | _ | 14 camping | case |
| 14 | camping | camping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 week | nmod |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 Sahara | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 Sahara | det |
| 17 | Sahara | Sahara | PROPN | Number=Sing | 14 camping | nmod |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 packs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pack | present | a traveller | shorts and T shirts | week | vn spray-9.7-1-1 «NP.theme V NP»: agent=Theme short=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 problem might he have?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 have | obj |
| 2 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 have | nsubj |
| 3 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 have | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 have | nsubj |
| 5 | have | have | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 have | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | might | problem | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
He may freeze at night, when the desert gets cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 freeze | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 freeze | aux |
| 3 | freeze | freeze | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 night | case |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 freeze | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gets | punct |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 gets | advmod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 desert | det |
| 9 | desert | desert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 freeze | conj |
| 11 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 gets | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freeze | may | He | night | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | get | present | the desert | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
He will find the days too cold for shorts
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 find | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 find | aux |
| 3 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 days | det |
| 5 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 find | obj |
| 6 | too | too | ADV | _ | 7 cold | advmod |
| 7 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 find | xcomp |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 shorts | case |
| 9 | shorts | short | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 cold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | future | He | day | cold property | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He will be soaked by heavy rain every single afternoon
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 soaked | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 soaked | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 soaked | aux:pass |
| 4 | soaked | soak | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 7 rain | case |
| 6 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 rain | amod |
| 7 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soaked | obl |
| 8 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 10 afternoon | det |
| 9 | single | single | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 afternoon | amod |
| 10 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 soaked | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | soak | future · passive | heavy rain | He | afternoon | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent subject=Source |
Option 4
He will need snow boots for the dunes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 need | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 need | aux |
| 3 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | snow | snow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 boots | compound |
| 5 | boots | boot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 dunes | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dunes | det |
| 8 | dunes | dune | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 need | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | future | He | snow boots | for the dunes | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot boot=Theme |
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