Test 2 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…
A boy runs past an old woman on the stairs and she wobbles. Why was that dangerous?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, woman · What happens: run, wobble, be
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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 runs past an old woman on the stairs and she wobbles.
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 | 3 runs | nsubj |
| 3 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | past | past | ADP | _ | 7 woman | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 woman | det |
| 6 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 woman | amod |
| 7 | woman | woman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 runs | obl |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 stairs | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 stairs | det |
| 10 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 woman | nmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 wobbles | cc |
| 12 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 wobbles | nsubj |
| 13 | wobbles | wobble | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 runs | conj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | a boy | past a old woman on the stairs | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme past woman=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | wobble | present | woman | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «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.
Sentence 2: Why was that dangerous?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 2 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 4 dangerous | mark |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 dangerous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | past | dangerous property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
She might fall if startled or pushed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fall | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fall | aux |
| 3 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 startled | mark |
| 5 | startled | startle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fall | advcl |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 pushed | cc |
| 7 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 startled | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | might | She | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | startle a condition, not said to happen | participle | She not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | push | participle | She not said here | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Nothing, as long as he did not touch her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 long | punct |
| 3 | as | as | ADV | _ | 4 long | advmod |
| 4 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 touch | mark |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 touch | nsubj |
| 7 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 touch | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 touch | advmod |
| 9 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 long | advcl |
| 10 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 touch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | past · do-support | he | her = she | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme she=Co-Theme |
Option 3
Old people never mind being rushed past
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 people | amod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mind | nsubj |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 mind | advmod |
| 4 | mind | mind | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | being | be | AUX | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 rushed | aux:pass |
| 6 | rushed | rush | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 mind | xcomp |
| 7 | past | past | ADV | _ | 6 rushed | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not mind | present | Old people | vn care-88.1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | rush | gerund · passive | Old people not said here | past property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V» |
Option 4
Running on stairs is only dangerous for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 dangerous | csubj |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 stairs | case |
| 3 | stairs | stair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Running | obl |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 dangerous | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 dangerous | advmod |
| 6 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 dangerous | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | gerund | stairs | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on stair=Trajectory | |||||
| 2 | is | present | Running | for children; dangerous property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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