Test 1 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses
A boy in Ohio sees his ball roll under the school bus. What is the safest choice?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, safest choice · What happens: see, roll, be · To what, where: ball roll, school bus
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 269 «Crash forces, school buses and public buses» 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 in Ohio sees his ball roll under the school bus.
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 | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Ohio | case |
| 4 | Ohio | Ohio | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 roll | nmod:poss |
| 7 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 roll | compound |
| 8 | roll | roll | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obj |
| 9 | under | under | ADP | _ | 12 bus | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bus | det |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bus | compound |
| 12 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a boy in Ohio | boy's ball roll | the school bus | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roll=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | roll | boy | nom roll «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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 safest choice?
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 | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safest choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
Stay back and tell the driver at once
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 driver | det |
| 6 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | iobj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 once | case |
| 8 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 4 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay back | imperative | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the driver | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient |
Option 2
Reach under quickly before the bus moves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 3 quickly | case |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Reach | obl |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 7 moves | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bus | det |
| 6 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 moves | nsubj |
| 7 | moves | move | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Reach | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | imperative | you not said here | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | move | present | the bus | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Ask a friend to watch the driver while he reaches
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 friend | det |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 watch | mark |
| 5 | watch | watch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 driver | det |
| 7 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 watch | obj |
| 8 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 10 reaches | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 reaches | nsubj |
| 10 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 watch | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a friend | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent friend=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | watch not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the driver | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driver=Theme | ||||
| 3 | reach | present | driver | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Wait for the bus to leave and then chase the ball
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 bus | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 bus | det |
| 4 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Wait | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 leave | mark |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | advcl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 chase | cc |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 9 chase | advmod |
| 9 | chase | chase | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Wait | conj |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 ball | det |
| 11 | ball | ball | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 chase | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for the bus | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | leave | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | chase | infinitive | you not said here | the ball | then | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ball=Theme |
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