Test 10 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers
belt's rubbing my neck, gonna put it behind my back
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: belt · What happens: rub, put · To what, where: neck, back
This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 268 «In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers» 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 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 put | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 belt | case |
| 3 | rubbing | rub | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 belt | acl |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 neck | nmod:poss |
| 5 | neck | neck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rubbing | obj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 put | punct |
| 7 | gonna | gonna | X | Foreign=Yes | 8 put | dep |
| 8 | put | put | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 put | obj |
| 10 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 12 back | case |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 back | nmod:poss |
| 12 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 put | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rub | gerund | belt not said here | my neck | vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent neck=Theme | ||||
| 2 | put | infinitive | belt | neck | my back | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme behind back=Destination |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Take it off till you get there
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Take | take | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Take | obj |
| 3 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Take | compound:prt |
| 4 | till | till | SCONJ | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 get | nsubj |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Take | advcl |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 6 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | imperative | you not said here | it | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get | present | you | there | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 2
Tuck it under your arm
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tuck | tuck | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tuck | obj |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 arm | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 arm | nmod:poss |
| 5 | arm | arm | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tuck | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tuck | imperative | you not said here | it | your arm | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme under arm=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, keep it on, ask for a booster so it fits
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 keep | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | obj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 keep | compound:prt |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 ask | punct |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | conj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 booster | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 booster | det |
| 10 | booster | booster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | obl |
| 11 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 fits | advmod |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 fits | nsubj |
| 13 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep on | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | infinitive | you not said here | for a booster | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | fit | present | booster | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Yes, behind your back is fine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 fine | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 back | case |
| 4 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 back | nmod:poss |
| 5 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fine | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 fine | cop |
| 7 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | your back | fine 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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