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Test 7 · ★ · Sore backs, glasses and feeling low

Dad mutters, "Taking the long way round, I'm not doing the motorway, it does my head in." Why might he avoid it?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Dad, motorway · What happens: mutter, take, not do, do in, avoid · To what, where: long way, motorway, head · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 22 «Sore backs, glasses and feeling low» of the adult life 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: Dad mutters, "Taking the long way round, I'm not doing the motorway, it does my head in."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 mutters	nsubj
2	mutters	mutter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 Taking	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 Taking	punct
5	Taking	take	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 mutters	ccomp
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 way	det
7	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 way	amod
8	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 Taking	obj
9	round	round	ADV	_	5 Taking	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 doing	punct
11	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 doing	nsubj
12	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 doing	aux
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 doing	advmod
14	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 Taking	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 motorway	det
16	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 doing	obj
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 does	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 does	nsubj
19	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 mutters	conj
20	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	21 head	nmod:poss
21	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 does	obj
22	in	in	ADP	_	19 does	compound:prt
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 mutters	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mutter speech: assert	present	Dad						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	take in a quote	gerund		the long way				round property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
3	not do in a quote	present · progressive	Dad	the motorway					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motorway=Eventuality
4	do in in a quote	present	motorway	my head					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Eventuality

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: Why might he avoid it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 avoid	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 avoid	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 avoid	nsubj
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 avoid	obj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 avoid	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	might	Dad	head					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location

The options

Option 1

He wants the trip to take longer for fun

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	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 trip	det
4	trip	trip	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wants	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
7	longer	long	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 take	advmod
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 fun	case
9	fun	fun	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	He	the trip					tree rules
2	take not said to happen	to-infinitive	the trip not said here					for fun; long property	vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for fun=Beneficiary

Option 2

The motorway is closed to all cars on Sundays

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 motorway	det
2	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 closed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 closed	aux:pass
4	closed	close	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 cars	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cars	det
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 closed	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	9 Sundays	case
9	Sundays	Sunday	PROPN	Number=Plur	4 closed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	close	present · passive		the motorway	all cars		sunday		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Patient to car=Recipient

Option 3

His car is not allowed on the motorway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	His	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 car	nmod:poss
2	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 allowed	advmod
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 motorway	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 motorway	det
8	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		His car		the motorway			vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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

He feels anxious about driving on the motorway

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	2 feels	nsubj
2	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anxious	anxious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 feels	xcomp
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	5 driving	mark
5	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 feels	advcl
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 motorway	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 motorway	det
8	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 driving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	feel	present	He					anxious property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
2	drive	gerund	He not said here			the motorway			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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