Test 1 · Mirrors, shadows and colours
You want to shine a torch beam onto a toy hidden around a corner. What can help?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: You · What happens: want, shine, hide, help · To what, where: torch beam, toy, corner
This is test 1 of lesson 84 «Mirrors, 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 shine a torch beam onto a toy hidden around a corner.
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 shine | mark |
| 4 | shine | shine | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 want | xcomp |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 beam | det |
| 6 | torch | torch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 beam | compound |
| 7 | beam | beam | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shine | obj |
| 8 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 10 toy | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 toy | det |
| 10 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 shine | obl |
| 11 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 toy | acl |
| 12 | around | around | ADP | _ | 14 corner | case |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 corner | det |
| 14 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 hidden | obl |
| 15 | . | . | 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 | shine not said to happen | to-infinitive | You not said here | a torch beam | a toy | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent beam=Theme | |||
| 3 | hide | participle | a toy not said here | a corner | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent around corner=Location |
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 can help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 help | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 help | aux |
| 3 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 help | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | can | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
A clear glass window pane at the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 pane | det |
| 2 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 pane | amod |
| 3 | glass | glass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 window | compound |
| 4 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pane | compound |
| 5 | pane | pane | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 pane | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
A sheet of thick cardboard in the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 sheet | det |
| 2 | sheet | sheet | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 cardboard | case |
| 4 | thick | thick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 cardboard | amod |
| 5 | cardboard | cardboard | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sheet | nmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sheet | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
A black cloth hung right across the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cloth | det |
| 2 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 cloth | amod |
| 3 | cloth | cloth | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hung | nsubj |
| 4 | hung | hang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | right | right | ADV | _ | 4 hung | advmod |
| 6 | across | across | ADP | _ | 8 corner | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 corner | det |
| 8 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hung | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hang | past | a black cloth | the corner | right property | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across corner=Destination |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
A flat mirror placed at the corner
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 mirror | det |
| 2 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 mirror | amod |
| 3 | mirror | mirror | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | placed | place | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 mirror | acl |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 corner | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 corner | det |
| 7 | corner | corner | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 placed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | place | participle | a flat mirror not said here | the corner | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at corner=Destination |
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