Test 5 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions

Why should you sit down when chatting for a long time with someone in a wheelchair?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: sit down, chat

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» 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 sit	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sit	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 sit	nsubj
4	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	down	down	ADP	_	4 sit	compound:prt
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 chatting	advmod
7	chatting	chat	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sit	advcl
8	for	for	ADP	_	11 time	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 time	det
10	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 time	amod
11	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 chatting	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 someone	case
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 chatting	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 wheelchair	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 wheelchair	det
16	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 someone	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 sit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit down	should	you						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	chat speech: other	gerund	you not said here				time	with someone	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.co-agent»: agent=Agent with someone=Co-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

Because standing too close to a wheelchair is not allowed by the rules

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	10 allowed	mark
2	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 allowed	csubj:pass
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 close	advmod
4	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 standing	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 wheelchair	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 wheelchair	det
7	wheelchair	wheelchair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 close	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 allowed	aux:pass
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 allowed	advmod
10	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	by	by	ADP	_	13 rules	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rules	det
13	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	gerund		close					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer close=Stimulus
2	not allow	present · passive	standing					by the rules	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

So you talk at the same eye level, as you would with anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	So	so	ADV	_	3 talk	advmod
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 talk	nsubj
3	talk	talk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	8 level	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 level	det
6	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 level	amod
7	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 level	compound
8	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 talk	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 would	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 would	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 would	nsubj
12	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 talk	advcl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 anyone	case
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 would	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	talk	present	you			the same eye level			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Because they cannot hear people who stand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	5 hear	mark
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hear	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hear	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 hear	advmod
5	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hear	obj
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 stand	nsubj
8	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 people	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	they	people					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
2	stand	present	people						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Because it is the only way to see the wheels

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Because	because	SCONJ	_	6 way	mark
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 way	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 way	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 way	det
5	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 way	amod
6	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 see	mark
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 way	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 wheels	det
10	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	the only way					tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive		the wheels					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wheel=Stimulus

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