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Test 1 · Buildings and architecture

Your mate goes, "If a skyscraper moves even a bit, it's about to fall, innit." What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, skyscraper, best answer · What happens: go, move, be, innit · To what, where: bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 34 «Buildings and architecture» of the arts 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: Your mate goes, "If a skyscraper moves even a bit, it's about to fall, innit."

nmod:possnsubjpunctpunctmarkdetnsubjadvcladvmoddetoblpunctnsubjcopadvmodmarkparataxispunctconjpunctpunctrootYourPRONmateNOUNgoesVERB,PUNCT"PUNCTIfSCONJaDETskyscraperNOUNmovesVERBevenADVaDETbitNOUN,PUNCTitPRON'sAUXaboutADVtoPARTfallVERB,PUNCTinnitVERB.PUNCT"PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 matenmod:poss
2matemateNOUNNumber=Sing3 goesnsubj
3goesgoVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4,,PUNCT_3 goespunct
5""PUNCT_3 goespunct
6IfifSCONJ_9 movesmark
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art8 skyscraperdet
8skyscraperskyscraperNOUNNumber=Sing9 movesnsubj
9movesmoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 falladvcl
10evenevenADV_12 bitadvmod
11aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art12 bitdet
12bitbitNOUNNumber=Sing9 movesobl
13,,PUNCT_9 movespunct
14ititPRONCase=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs18 fallnsubj
15'sbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin18 fallcop
16aboutaboutADV_18 falladvmod
17totoPART_18 fallmark
18fallfallVERBVerbForm=Inf3 goesparataxis
19,,PUNCT_20 innitpunct
20innitinnitVERBVerbForm=Inf18 fallconj
21..PUNCT_18 fallpunct
22""PUNCT_18 fallpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gopresentYour matevn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2move a condition, not said to happen, in a quotepresenta skyscrapera bitvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3is in a quotepresentskyscraperabout, fall propertytree rules
4innit in a quoteinfinitiveskyscraper not said heretree rules

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 is the best answer?

copdetamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETbestADJanswerNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 answerdet
4bestgoodADJDegree=Sup5 answeramod
5answeranswerNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
6??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe best answertree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Wind cannot reach the top

nsubjauxadvmoddetobjrootWindNOUNcanAUXnotPARTreachVERBtheDETtopNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WindwindNOUNNumber=Sing4 reachnsubj
2cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 reachaux
3notnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 reachadvmod
4reachreachVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 topdet
6toptopNOUNNumber=Sing4 reachobj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not reachcanWindthe topvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme

Option 2

He is right, any movement at all means the building is in danger

nsubjcoppunctdetnsubjcasenmodparataxisdetnsubjcopcaseccomprootHePRONisAUXrightADJ,PUNCTanyDETmovementNOUNatADPallDETmeansVERBtheDETbuildingNOUNisAUXinADPdangerNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 rightnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightcop
3rightrightADJDegree=Posrootroot
4,,PUNCT_9 meanspunct
5anyanyDETPronType=Ind6 movementdet
6movementmovementNOUNNumber=Sing9 meansnsubj
7atatADP_8 allcase
8allallDETPronType=Tot6 movementnmod
9meansmeanVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 rightparataxis
10thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art11 buildingdet
11buildingbuildingNOUNNumber=Sing14 dangernsubj
12isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin14 dangercop
13ininADP_14 dangercase
14dangerdangerNOUNNumber=Sing9 meansccomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentHeright propertytree rules
2meanpresentany movement at allvn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
3ispresentthe buildingdangertree rules

Option 3

Skyscrapers are glued together so that they can never move

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodmarkfixednsubjauxadvmodadvclrootSkyscrapersNOUNareAUXgluedVERBtogetherADVsoSCONJthatSCONJtheyPRONcanAUXneverADVmoveVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SkyscrapersskyscraperNOUNNumber=Plur3 gluednsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 gluedaux:pass
3gluedglueVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4togethertogetherADV_3 gluedadvmod
5sosoSCONJExtPos=SCONJ10 movemark
6thatthatSCONJ_5 sofixed
7theytheyPRONCase=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs10 movensubj
8cancanAUXVerbForm=Fin10 moveaux
9neverneverADVPronType=Neg10 moveadvmod
10movemoveVERBVerbForm=Inf3 gluedadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1gluepresent · passiveSkyscraperstogether propertyvn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
2not movecanSkyscrapers = skyscrapervn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A little sway is by design

detamodnsubjcopcaserootADETlittleADJswayNOUNisAUXbyADPdesignNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 swaydet
2littlelittleADJDegree=Pos3 swayamod
3swayswayNOUNNumber=Sing6 designnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 designcop
5bybyADP_6 designcase
6designdesignNOUNNumber=Singrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenta little swayby designtree rules

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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