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Test 1 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

A boy in Minnesota walks onto a frozen car park with his hands in his pockets, taking long strides. What should he change?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: walk, freeze, take, change · To what, where: frozen car park, long strides

This is test 1 · ★★★ of lesson 10 «Reasoning about the body moving in the world» of the everyday 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 boy in Minnesota walks onto a frozen car park with his hands in his pockets, taking long strides.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walks	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Minnesota	case
4	Minnesota	Minnesota	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	onto	onto	ADP	_	10 park	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 park	det
8	frozen	freeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 park	amod
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 park	compound
10	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walks	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 hands	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 hands	nmod:poss
13	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 park	nmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 pockets	case
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 pockets	nmod:poss
16	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walks	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 taking	punct
18	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 walks	advcl
19	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 strides	amod
20	strides	stride	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 taking	obj
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	a boy in Minnesota			a frozen car park with boy's hands		in boy's pockets	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.source PP.destination PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent onto park=Initial_Location in pocket=Trajectory
2	freeze	participle							vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	take	gerund	a boy in Minnesota not said here	long strides					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stride=Theme

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 should he change?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 change	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 change	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 change	nsubj
4	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 change	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	should	boy						vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient

The options

Option 1

Lean back and walk only on his heels instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lean	lean	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Lean	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 walk	cc
4	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Lean	conj
5	only	only	ADV	_	8 heels	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 heels	case
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 heels	nmod:poss
8	heels	heel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 walk	obl
9	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lean back	imperative	you not said here						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	walk	infinitive	you not said here			his heels		instead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on heel=Trajectory

Option 2

Keep both his hands in his pockets for warmth

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	4 hands	det
3	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hands	nmod:poss
4	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 pockets	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 pockets	nmod:poss
7	pockets	pocket	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 warmth	case
9	warmth	warmth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	his hands		his pockets		for warmth	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent hand=Theme in pocket=Location

Option 3

Walk faster so he gets across it much sooner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Walk	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	5 gets	advmod
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gets	nsubj
5	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	advcl
6	across	across	ADP	_	7 it	case
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gets	obl
8	much	much	ADV	_	9 sooner	advmod
9	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 gets	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	get	present	he			it		soon property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme across it=Destination

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

Take small flat steps and free his hands

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 steps	amod
3	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 steps	amod
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Take	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 hands	cc
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hands	amod
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hands	nmod:poss
8	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 steps	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	small flat steps and his free hands					vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme

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