Test 5 · ★★★ · Reasoning about the body moving in the world
Two hikers in Colorado climb a steep trail. One stands straight up, the other leans forward. Who is more likely to topple backwards?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two hikers, One, other · What happens: climb, stand, lean, be, topple · To what, where: steep trail
This is test 5 · ★★★ 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: Two hikers in Colorado climb a steep trail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 hikers | nummod |
| 2 | hikers | hiker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 climb | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Colorado | case |
| 4 | Colorado | Colorado | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 hikers | nmod |
| 5 | climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 trail | det |
| 7 | steep | steep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 trail | amod |
| 8 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 climb | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 climb | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | present | Two hikers in Colorado | a steep trail | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location trail=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: One stands straight up, the other leans forward.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 stands | nsubj |
| 2 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 up | advmod |
| 4 | up | up | ADV | _ | 2 stands | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 leans | punct |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 other | det |
| 7 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 leans | nsubj |
| 8 | leans | lean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 stands | conj |
| 9 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 8 leans | advmod |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 stands | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present | One | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | lean | present | the other | forward property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Sentence 3: Who is more likely to topple backwards?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 likely | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 likely | cop |
| 3 | more | more | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 likely | advmod |
| 4 | likely | likely | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 topple | mark |
| 6 | topple | topple | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 likely | xcomp |
| 7 | backwards | backwards | ADV | _ | 6 topple | advmod |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 likely | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | likely property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | topple | to-infinitive | backwards property | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The one leaning forward
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | leaning | lean | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 one | acl |
| 4 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 3 leaning | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean | gerund | the one not said here | forward property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
The one standing straight up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 one | det |
| 2 | one | one | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | standing | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 one | acl |
| 4 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 5 up | advmod |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 3 standing | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | gerund | the one not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Neither, hills do not affect balance
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Neither | neither | ADV | _ | 6 affect | advmod |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Neither | punct |
| 3 | hills | hill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 affect | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 affect | aux |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 affect | advmod |
| 6 | affect | affect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | balance | balance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 affect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not affect | present · do-support | hills | balance | neither property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus balance=Experiencer |
Option 4
Both equally
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Both | both | CCONJ | _ | 2 equally | cc:preconj |
| 2 | equally | equally | ADV | _ | root | root |
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