Test 1 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways
A girl in Toronto sees her hat blow onto the subway tracks. Which is the right choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, hat · What happens: see, blow, be · To what, where: subway tracks, right choice · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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 Toronto sees her hat blow onto the subway tracks.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Toronto | case |
| 4 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 hat | nmod:poss |
| 7 | hat | hat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blow | nsubj |
| 8 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 sees | ccomp |
| 9 | onto | onto | ADP | _ | 12 tracks | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 tracks | det |
| 11 | subway | subway | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 tracks | compound |
| 12 | tracks | track | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 blow | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a girl in Toronto | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | blow | infinitive | girl's hat | the subway tracks | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent onto track=Recipient |
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: Which is the right choice?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 choice | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 choice | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 choice | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 choice | amod |
| 5 | choice | choice | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 choice | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the right choice | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Ask a staff member to get it for her
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 | 4 member | det |
| 3 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 member | compound |
| 4 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 her | case |
| 9 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 get | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a staff member | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | you not said here | member | for her = she | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for she=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Climb down while no train is in sight
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Climb | compound:prt |
| 3 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 8 sight | mark |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 train | det |
| 5 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sight | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 sight | cop |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 sight | case |
| 8 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb down | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | no train | sight | tree rules |
Option 3
Jump down and climb back up very quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jump | jump | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Jump | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 climb | cc |
| 4 | climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Jump | conj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 climb | advmod |
| 6 | up | up | ADV | _ | 4 climb | advmod |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 quickly | advmod |
| 8 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 climb | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump down | imperative | you not said here | down property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | climb back | present | you not said here | quickly property | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Lie flat on the platform and reach down for it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 1 Lie | advmod |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 platform | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 platform | det |
| 5 | platform | platform | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Lie | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 reach | cc |
| 7 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Lie | conj |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 7 reach | compound:prt |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 it | case |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 reach | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie | imperative | you not said here | the platform | flat property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on platform=Location | |||
| 2 | reach down | infinitive | you not said here | for platform | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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