Test 17 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world
why do we land with bent knees off the climbing wall
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: we · What happens: land
This is test 17 · ★★★ 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 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 land | advmod |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 land | aux |
| 3 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 land | nsubj |
| 4 | land | land | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 knees | case |
| 6 | bent | bent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 knees | amod |
| 7 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 land | obl |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 11 wall | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 wall | det |
| 10 | climbing | climbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 wall | compound |
| 11 | wall | wall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present · do-support | we | with bent knees; off the climbing wall | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent |
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Bent knees spread the force and protect you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bent | bent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 knees | amod |
| 2 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 spread | nsubj |
| 3 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 force | det |
| 5 | force | force | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 spread | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 protect | cc |
| 7 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 spread | conj |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 protect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spread | present | Bent knees | the force | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location force=Theme | ||||
| 2 | protect | infinitive | Bent knees not said here | you | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Bent knees make you bounce back up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bent | bent | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 knees | amod |
| 2 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 make | obj |
| 5 | bounce | bounce | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | xcomp |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 bounce | advmod |
| 7 | up | up | ADV | _ | 5 bounce | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | Bent knees | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | bounce back | infinitive | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It is only how the teachers like it, for no reason
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 teachers | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 teachers | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 teachers | advmod |
| 4 | how | how | ADV | PronType=Int | 6 teachers | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 teachers | det |
| 6 | teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 7 | like | like | ADP | _ | 8 it | case |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 teachers | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 reason | punct |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 reason | case |
| 11 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 12 reason | det |
| 12 | reason | reason | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 teachers | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the teachers and no reason | like it | tree rules |
Option 4
Straight knees are too slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straight | straight | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 knees | amod |
| 2 | knees | knee | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 slow | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 slow | cop |
| 4 | too | too | ADV | _ | 5 slow | advmod |
| 5 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Straight knees | slow property | tree 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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