Test 10 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses
dropped my pencil case by the school bus wheel
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: drop · To what, where: pencil case
This is test 10 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dropped | drop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 case | nmod:poss |
| 3 | pencil | pencil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 case | compound |
| 4 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 dropped | obj |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 9 wheel | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 wheel | det |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bus | compound |
| 8 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 wheel | compound |
| 9 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 dropped | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | past | my pencil case | by the bus wheel | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent case=Theme by wheel=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
Kick it out with your foot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Kick | obj |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 1 Kick | compound:prt |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 foot | case |
| 5 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 foot | nmod:poss |
| 6 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick out | imperative | you not said here | it | with your foot | vn swat-18.2 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent it=Patient with foot=Instrument |
Option 2
Grab it quickly before the bus moves off
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Grab | obj |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Grab | advmod |
| 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 Grab | advcl |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 moves | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | it | quickly property | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | move off | present | the bus | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Crawl under to get it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Crawl | crawl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 2 | under | under | ADP | _ | 4 get | case |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | to-infinitive | Crawl | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell the driver first, never just bend down for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 driver | det |
| 3 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | iobj |
| 4 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Tell | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 bend | punct |
| 6 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 8 bend | advmod |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 bend | advmod |
| 8 | bend | bend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 bend | compound:prt |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 it | case |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 bend | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | the driver | first property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient | |||
| 2 | not bend down | infinitive | you not said here | for driver | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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