Test 17 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing

they reckon an electric car ran over a kid's foot in the car park cos nobody heard it coming

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, electric car, nobody, car · What happens: reckon, run, hear, come · To what, where: foot, car

This is test 17 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 car	det
4	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 car	amod
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	nsubj
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reckon	ccomp
7	over	over	ADP	_	11 foot	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 kid	det
9	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 foot	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 kid	case
11	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 park	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 park	det
14	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 park	compound
15	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
16	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	18 heard	mark
17	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	18 heard	nsubj
18	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	advcl
19	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 heard	obj
20	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	18 heard	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	they				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	run	past	a electric car		a kid's foot	in the car park	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over foot=Trajectory
3	hear	past	nobody	car			tree rules
4	come	gerund	car not said here				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

It is gossip, so listening is always enough

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	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 enough	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 listening	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	6 listening	advmod
6	listening	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 gossip	appos
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 enough	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 enough	advmod
9	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip		tree rules
2	listen	gerund				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	gossip		always, enough property	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: electric cars can be silent at low speed, so look as well as listen

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 silent	punct
4	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cars	amod
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 silent	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 silent	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 silent	cop
8	silent	silent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	parataxis
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 speed	case
10	low	low	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 speed	amod
11	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 silent	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 look	punct
13	so	so	ADV	_	14 look	advmod
14	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
15	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=CCONJ	18 listen	cc
16	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	15 as	fixed
17	as	as	ADV	_	15 as	fixed
18	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 look	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	can	electric cars	low speed	silent property	tree rules
2	look	infinitive				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	listen	infinitive				vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Real lesson: electric cars are always louder than others, so the kid wasn't listening

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 louder	punct
4	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 cars	amod
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 louder	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 louder	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 louder	advmod
8	louder	loud	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 lesson	amod
9	than	than	ADP	_	10 others	case
10	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 louder	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 listening	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	17 listening	advmod
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 kid	det
14	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 listening	nsubj
15	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 listening	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 listening	advmod
17	listening	listen	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 lesson	appos

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	electric cars					than others; always, loud property	tree rules
2	not listen	past · progressive	the kid						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

It proves car parks are only dangerous for adults

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	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parks	compound
4	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dangerous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dangerous	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 dangerous	advmod
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	ccomp
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 adults	case
9	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 dangerous	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	car parks					for adults; dangerous property	tree rules

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