Test 9 · ★★ · In the car: seat belts, car seats and good passengers
Two children start a pillow fight in the back seat. Why is it dangerous?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Two children, fight · What happens: start, be · To what, where: pillow fight, back seat
This is test 9 · ★★ 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: Two children start a pillow fight in the back seat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 children | nummod |
| 2 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 start | nsubj |
| 3 | start | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 fight | det |
| 5 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 fight | compound |
| 6 | fight | fight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 start | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 seat | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 seat | det |
| 9 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 seat | compound |
| 10 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 start | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | present | Two children | a pillow fight | the back seat | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fight=Eventuality |
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 is it dangerous?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 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 | present | fight | dangerous property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
The airbags open when someone shouts in the car or bangs a pillow on the seat
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 airbags | det |
| 2 | airbags | airbag | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 open | nsubj |
| 3 | open | open | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 6 shouts | mark |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 shouts | nsubj |
| 6 | shouts | shout | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 open | ccomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 car | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 car | det |
| 9 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shouts | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 bangs | cc |
| 11 | bangs | bang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 shouts | conj |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 pillow | det |
| 13 | pillow | pillow | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bangs | obj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 seat | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 seat | det |
| 16 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 bangs | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | present | the airbags | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | present | someone | the car | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | bang | present | someone not said here | a pillow | the seat | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent pillow=Theme on seat=Trajectory |
Option 2
Pillows can make the car go faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pillows | pillow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 make | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 make | aux |
| 3 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 make | obj |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 make | xcomp |
| 7 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 6 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | can | Pillows | the car | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | the car not said here | fast property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
It wears out the seats
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 wears | nsubj |
| 2 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 wears | compound:prt |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 seats | det |
| 5 | seats | seat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wears | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear out | present | It | the seats | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent seat=Source |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It distracts the driver, who must watch the road
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 distracts | nsubj |
| 2 | distracts | distract | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 driver | det |
| 4 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 distracts | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 watch | punct |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 watch | nsubj |
| 7 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 watch | aux |
| 8 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 driver | acl:relcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 watch | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | distract | present | It | the driver | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus driver=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | watch | must | the driver | the road | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Theme |
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