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Test 5 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers

A girl in Sydney reads a comic on a winding road and feels sick. What would help most?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: read, wind, feel, help · To what, where: comic, winding road

This is test 5 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl in Sydney reads a comic on a winding road and feels sick.

detnsubjcasenmoddetobjcasedetamodoblccconjxcomppunctrootADETgirlNOUNinADPSydneyPROPNreadsVERBaDETcomicNOUNonADPaDETwindingVERBroadNOUNandCCONJfeelsVERBsickADJ.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 girldet
2girlgirlNOUNNumber=Sing5 readsnsubj
3ininADP_4 Sydneycase
4SydneySydneyPROPNNumber=Sing2 girlnmod
5readsreadVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 comicdet
7comiccomicNOUNNumber=Sing5 readsobj
8ononADP_11 roadcase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 roaddet
10windingwindVERBVerbForm=Ger11 roadamod
11roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing5 readsobl
12andandCCONJ_13 feelscc
13feelsfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 readsconj
14sicksickADJDegree=Pos13 feelsxcomp
15..PUNCT_5 readspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readpresenta girl in Sydneya comica winding roadvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=Topic
2windgerundvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3feelpresenta girl in Sydney not said heresick propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: What would help most?

nsubjauxadvmodpunctrootWhatPRONwouldAUXhelpVERBmostADV?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 helpnsubj
2wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin3 helpaux
3helphelpVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4mostmostADVDegree=Sup3 helpadvmod
5??PUNCT_3 helppunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1helpwouldvn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Putting the comic away and looking out at the horizon

detobjadvmodccconjcompound:prtcasedetoblrootPuttingVERBtheDETcomicNOUNawayADVandCCONJlookingVERBoutADPatADPtheDEThorizonNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1PuttingputVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 comicdet
3comiccomicNOUNNumber=Sing1 Puttingobj
4awayawayADV_1 Puttingadvmod
5andandCCONJ_6 lookingcc
6lookinglookVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Part1 Puttingconj
7outoutADP_6 lookingcompound:prt
8atatADP_10 horizoncase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 horizondet
10horizonhorizonNOUNNumber=Sing6 lookingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1put awaygerundthe comicaway propertyvn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent comic=Goal
2look outgerundthe horizonvn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Reading faster to finish before she feels worse

csubjadvmodmarkadvclcaseoblxcomprootReadingVERBfasterADVtoPARTfinishVERBbeforeADPshePRONfeelsVERBworseADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ReadingreadVERBVerbForm=Ger7 feelscsubj
2fasterfastADVDegree=Cmp1 Readingadvmod
3totoPART_4 finishmark
4finishfinishVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Readingadvcl
5beforebeforeADP_6 shecase
6sheshePRONCase=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs4 finishobl
7feelsfeelVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8worsebadADJDegree=Cmp7 feelsxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1readgerundfast propertyvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2finishto-infinitivebefore shevn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3feelpresentReadingbad propertyvn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Holding the comic closer

detobjadvmodrootHoldingVERBtheDETcomicNOUNcloserADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HoldingholdVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 comicdet
3comiccomicNOUNNumber=Sing1 Holdingobj
4closercloseADVDegree=Cmp1 Holdingadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1holdgerundthe comicclose propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent comic=Theme

Option 4

Sitting with her eyes on her lap

casenmod:possoblcasenmod:possoblrootSittingVERBwithADPherPRONeyesNOUNonADPherPRONlapNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SittingsitVERBTense=Pres VerbForm=Partrootroot
2withwithADP_4 eyescase
3herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs4 eyesnmod:poss
4eyeseyeNOUNNumber=Plur1 Sittingobl
5ononADP_7 lapcase
6herherPRONCase=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs7 lapnmod:poss
7laplapNOUNNumber=Sing1 Sittingobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1sitgerundher lapwith her eyesvn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on lap=Location

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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