Test 8 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

Why get off your bike in a strong side wind near traffic?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: get off · To what, where: bike, strong side wind

This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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	2 get	advmod
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 get	compound:prt
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bike	nmod:poss
5	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 wind	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 wind	det
8	strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 wind	amod
9	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wind	compound
10	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl
11	near	near	ADP	_	12 traffic	case
12	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 wind	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get off	imperative	you not said here	your bike		a strong side wind near traffic			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus

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

Cars drive more slowly in the wind, so it is quieter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drive	nsubj
2	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 slowly	advmod
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	2 drive	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 wind	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 wind	det
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drive	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 quieter	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 quieter	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 quieter	nsubj
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 quieter	cop
12	quieter	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 drive	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	Cars			the wind		slowly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	wind					quiet property	tree rules

Option 2

Strong wind makes bike brakes stop working

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wind	amod
2	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 makes	nsubj
3	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 brakes	compound
5	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 makes	obj
6	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 makes	xcomp
7	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 stop	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	make	present	Strong wind	bike brakes	tree rules
2	stop	present	bike brakes not said here		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	work	gerund	bike brakes not said here		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A sudden gust could push you into the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 gust	det
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gust	amod
3	gust	gust	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 push	nsubj
4	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 push	aux
5	push	push	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 push	obj
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	could	a sudden gust	you		the road			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme into road=Destination

Option 4

Walking is faster than riding into wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 faster	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 faster	cop
3	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	than	than	SCONJ	_	5 riding	mark
5	riding	ride	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 faster	advcl
6	into	into	ADP	_	7 wind	case
7	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 riding	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Walking					fast property	tree rules
2	ride	gerund	Walking not said here			wind			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into wind=Trajectory

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