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."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 goes | nsubj |
| 3 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 3 goes | punct |
| 6 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 moves | mark |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 skyscraper | det |
| 8 | skyscraper | skyscraper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 moves | nsubj |
| 9 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 fall | advcl |
| 10 | even | even | ADV | _ | 12 bit | advmod |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 bit | det |
| 12 | bit | bit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 moves | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 moves | punct |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 fall | nsubj |
| 15 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 fall | cop |
| 16 | about | about | ADV | _ | 18 fall | advmod |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 fall | mark |
| 18 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 goes | parataxis |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 20 innit | punct |
| 20 | innit | innit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 18 fall | conj |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 18 fall | punct |
| 22 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 fall | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your mate | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | move a condition, not said to happen, in a quote | present | a skyscraper | a bit | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | skyscraper | about, fall property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | innit in a quote | infinitive | skyscraper not said here | tree 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Wind cannot reach the top
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wind | wind | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 reach | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 reach | advmod |
| 4 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 top | det |
| 6 | top | top | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not reach | can | Wind | the top | vn 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
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 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 means | punct |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 movement | det |
| 6 | movement | movement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 means | nsubj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 all | case |
| 8 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 movement | nmod |
| 9 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 building | det |
| 11 | building | building | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 danger | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 danger | cop |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 danger | case |
| 14 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 means | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | mean | present | any movement at all | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 3 | is | present | the building | danger | tree rules |
Option 3
Skyscrapers are glued together so that they can never move
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Skyscrapers | skyscraper | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 glued | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 glued | aux:pass |
| 3 | glued | glue | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | together | together | ADV | _ | 3 glued | advmod |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 10 move | mark |
| 6 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 5 so | fixed |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 move | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 move | aux |
| 9 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 10 move | advmod |
| 10 | move | move | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 glued | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | glue | present · passive | Skyscrapers | together property | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ||||
| 2 | not move | can | Skyscrapers = skyscraper | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
A little sway is by design
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 sway | det |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sway | amod |
| 3 | sway | sway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 design | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 design | cop |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 design | case |
| 6 | design | design | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a little sway | by design | tree rules |
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