Test 18 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

my cousin says a girl got dragged half a mile cos her scarf caught in the bus door, she swears it's true. what's likely

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, mile · What happens: say, drag, catch, swear, be · To what, where: girl, scarf, bus door · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragged	nsubj:pass
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 dragged	aux:pass
7	dragged	drag	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
8	half	half	DET	NumForm=Word NumType=Frac PronType=Ind	10 mile	det:predet
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 mile	det
10	mile	mile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragged	obj
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 scarf	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 scarf	nmod:poss
13	scarf	scarf	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dragged	obl
14	caught	catch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 scarf	acl
15	in	in	ADP	_	18 door	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 door	det
17	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 door	compound
18	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 caught	obl
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 swears	punct
20	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 swears	nsubj
21	swears	swear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	conj
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 true	nsubj
23	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 true	cop
24	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 swears	ccomp
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 swears	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	28 likely	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	28 likely	cop
28	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 swears	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drag	past · passive		a girl		cos girl's scarf	tree rules
3	catch	participle		girl's scarf not said here	the bus door		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	swear	present	cousin				vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is	present	mile			true property	tree rules
6	is	present				likely property	tree rules

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

Every word of it must be exactly true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	2 word	det
2	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 true	nsubj
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 it	case
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 word	nmod
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 true	aux
6	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 true	cop
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	8 true	advmod
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	every word of it					exactly, true property	tree rules
2	word			it					nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Scarves can never catch in bus doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scarves	scarf	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catch	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 catch	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 catch	advmod
4	catch	catch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 doors	case
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 doors	compound
7	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 catch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not catch	can	Scarves			bus doors			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The door catch is a real danger but the distance is probably blown up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 catch	det
2	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 catch	compound
3	catch	catch	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 danger	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 danger	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 danger	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 danger	amod
7	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	13 blown	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 distance	det
10	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 blown	nsubj:pass
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 blown	aux:pass
12	probably	probably	ADV	_	13 blown	advmod
13	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 danger	conj
14	up	up	ADP	_	13 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the door catch	a real danger					tree rules
2	blow up	present · passive		the distance				probably property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 4

Bus doors cannot close on anything at all, they have sensors that always stop them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 doors	compound
2	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 close	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 close	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 close	advmod
5	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 anything	case
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 close	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 all	case
9	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 close	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
12	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 close	conj
13	sensors	sensor	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	obj
14	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	16 stop	nsubj
15	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 stop	advmod
16	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 sensors	acl:relcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not close	can	Bus doors		anything	at all	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	have	present	doors = door	sensors			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient
3	stop	present	sensors	sensors = sensor		always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality

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