Test 3 · ★ · Safe toys for you and little ones
A boy flies his drone over a crowded park. What is the problem?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, problem · What happens: fly, be · To what, where: drone, crowded park
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you and little ones» 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 flies his drone over a crowded park.
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 flies | nsubj |
| 3 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 drone | nmod:poss |
| 5 | drone | drone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flies | obj |
| 6 | over | over | ADP | _ | 9 park | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 park | det |
| 8 | crowded | crowded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 park | amod |
| 9 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 flies | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 flies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | a boy | boy's drone | a crowded park | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent drone=Theme over park=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 is the problem?
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 | 4 problem | det |
| 4 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the problem | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Drones scare the birds and clouds away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drones | drone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 scare | nsubj |
| 2 | scare | scare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 birds | det |
| 4 | birds | bird | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 scare | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 clouds | cc |
| 6 | clouds | cloud | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 birds | conj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 scare | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | scare | present | Drones | the birds and clouds | away property | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus bird=Experiencer |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Propellers can cut people if it falls
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Propellers | propeller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cut | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 cut | aux |
| 3 | cut | cut | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cut | obj |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 falls | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 falls | nsubj |
| 7 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 cut | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cut | can | Propellers | people | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset people=Product | ||||
| 2 | fall a condition, not said to happen | present | it | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It uses up far too much of the battery
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 uses | nsubj |
| 2 | uses | use | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | up | up | ADP | _ | 2 uses | compound:prt |
| 4 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 much | advmod |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 much | advmod |
| 6 | much | much | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 uses | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 battery | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 battery | det |
| 9 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 much | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use up | present | It | much of the battery | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent much=Patient |
Option 4
Nothing, because drones are always safe to fly anywhere
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 | _ | 7 safe | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 safe | mark |
| 4 | drones | drone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 safe | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 safe | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 safe | advmod |
| 7 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fly | mark |
| 9 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 safe | advcl |
| 10 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 9 fly | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | drones | always, safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | fly | to-infinitive | drones not said here | anywhere property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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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