Test 3 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things
A girl gets on a full tram and stops just inside the door with her big backpack on. What would be better?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl · What happens: get, stop, be · To what, where: full tram, door
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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 girl gets on a full tram and stops just inside the door with her big backpack on.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | nsubj |
| 3 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 tram | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 tram | det |
| 6 | full | full | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 tram | amod |
| 7 | tram | tram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 gets | obl |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stops | cc |
| 9 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 gets | conj |
| 10 | just | just | ADV | _ | 13 door | advmod |
| 11 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 13 door | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 door | det |
| 13 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stops | obl |
| 14 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 backpack | case |
| 15 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 backpack | nmod:poss |
| 16 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 backpack | amod |
| 17 | backpack | backpack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stops | obl |
| 18 | on | on | ADV | _ | 9 stops | advmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 gets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | present | a girl | a full tram | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on tram=Source | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | a girl not said here | the door | with girl's big backpack | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with backpack=Location |
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 would be better?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 better | obl |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 better | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 better | cop |
| 4 | better | good | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 better | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stay right by the door so that she is not squashed inside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | right | right | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 door | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 door | det |
| 5 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stay | obl |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | ExtPos=SCONJ | 11 squashed | mark |
| 7 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 6 so | fixed |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 squashed | nsubj:pass |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 squashed | aux:pass |
| 10 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 squashed | advmod |
| 11 | squashed | squash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Stay | advcl |
| 12 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 11 squashed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | by the door; right property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by door=Location | ||||
| 2 | not squash | present · passive | she | inside property | vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2
Ask the people inside to get off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 people | det |
| 3 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 7 | off | off | ADP | _ | 6 get | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the people | inside property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent people=Recipient | |||
| 2 | get off | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
Put her backpack on an empty seat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Put | put | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 backpack | nmod:poss |
| 3 | backpack | backpack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 seat | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 seat | det |
| 6 | empty | empty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 seat | amod |
| 7 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | put | imperative | you not said here | her backpack | a empty seat | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent backpack=Theme on seat=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Move further in and hold her backpack low
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | further | further | ADV | _ | 3 in | advmod |
| 3 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Move | advmod |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 hold | cc |
| 5 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Move | conj |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 backpack | nmod:poss |
| 7 | backpack | backpack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hold | obj |
| 8 | low | low | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hold | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | move | imperative | you not said here | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | hold | infinitive | you not said here | her backpack | low property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backpack=Theme |
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