Test 16 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world

whys running on the wet tiles a problem, i'm fast

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: whys, i · What happens: run, tile, be · To what, where: wet, problem

This is test 16 · ★★★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	whys	why	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 tiles	nsubj
2	running	run	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 whys	acl
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 wet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 wet	det
5	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 running	obl
6	tiles	tile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 problem	det
8	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tiles	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fast	punct
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 fast	nsubj
11	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fast	cop
12	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	6 tiles	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	run	gerund	whys not said here		the wet		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on wet=Trajectory
2	tile	present	whys	a problem			vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent problem=Destination
3	is	present	i			fast property	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.

The options

Option 1

Wet tiles are only a problem when walking

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tiles	amod
2	tiles	tile	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 problem	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 problem	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 problem	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 problem	det
6	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 walking	advmod
8	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 problem	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Wet tiles	a problem					tree rules
2	walk	gerund							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Water makes your shoes grip better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 shoes	nmod:poss
4	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 grip	nsubj
5	grip	grip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 makes	ccomp
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 grip	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Water						tree rules
2	grip	present	your shoes					well property	vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You can slip and hit your head on the floor

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 slip	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 slip	aux
3	slip	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hit	cc
5	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 slip	conj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 head	nmod:poss
7	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obj
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 floor	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 floor	det
10	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hit	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	can	You						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	hit	infinitive	You not said here	your head				on the floor	vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent head=Instrument on floor=Patient

Option 4

Fast people never slip

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 people	amod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slip	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 slip	advmod
4	slip	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not slip	present	Fast people						vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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