Test 9 · ★ · Weather signs and the 30-30 rule
A boy in Texas wants to ride his bike through a flooded underpass. What is the right advice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, right advice · What happens: want, ride, flood, be · To what, where: bike, flooded underpass
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 15 «Weather signs and the 30-30 rule» 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 Texas wants to ride his bike through a flooded underpass.
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 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Texas | case |
| 4 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ride | mark |
| 7 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wants | xcomp |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bike | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ride | obj |
| 10 | through | through | ADP | _ | 13 underpass | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 underpass | det |
| 12 | flooded | flood | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 underpass | amod |
| 13 | underpass | underpass | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ride | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a boy in Texas | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | ride not said to happen | to-infinitive | a boy in Texas not said here | boy's bike | a flooded underpass | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bike=Theme through underpass=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | flood | participle | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
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 is the right advice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 advice | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 advice | amod |
| 5 | advice | advice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right advice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Push the bike through slowly instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 bike | det |
| 3 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Push | obj |
| 4 | through | through | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| 5 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| 6 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Push | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | imperative | you not said here | the bike | instead, slowly, through property | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme |
Option 2
Ride through if he can see the bottom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | through | through | SCONJ | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 see | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | aux |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ride | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 bottom | det |
| 8 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | imperative | you not said here | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | can | he | the bottom | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bottom=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Turn around, because the water may be deep and fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | around | around | ADV | _ | 1 Turn | advmod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 deep | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 deep | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 water | det |
| 6 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 deep | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 deep | aux |
| 8 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 9 deep | cop |
| 9 | deep | deep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Turn | parataxis |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 fast | cc |
| 11 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 deep | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn around | imperative | you not said here | around property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | may | the water | deep property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | the water not said here | tree rules |
Option 4
Ride fast so the water cannot stop him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Ride | advmod |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 8 stop | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 water | det |
| 5 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 stop | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 stop | aux |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 stop | advmod |
| 8 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ride | advcl |
| 9 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 stop | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | imperative | you not said here | fast property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | not stop | can | the water | him = he | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality |
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