Test 13 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

packed train, my backpack keeps hitting ppl

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: packed train · What happens: keep, hit · To what, where: ppl

This is test 13 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	packed	packed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 train	amod
2	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 train	punct
4	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 backpack	nmod:poss
5	backpack	backpack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keeps	nsubj
6	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	hitting	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 keeps	xcomp
8	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	7 hitting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	packed train						tree rules
2	hit	gerund	packed train not said here	ppl					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme people=Co-Theme

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

Wear it higher on your back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Wear	obj
3	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Wear	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 back	nmod:poss
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 higher	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	imperative	you not said here	it					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=Theme

Option 2

Keep it on and say sorry each time it bumps someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Keep	obj
3	on	on	ADP	_	1 Keep	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 say	cc
5	say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
6	sorry	sorry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 say	xcomp
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl:unmarked
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 bumps	nsubj
10	bumps	bump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 time	acl:relcl
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 bumps	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	keep on	imperative	you not said here	it	time		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	say speech: apologize	infinitive	you not said here			sorry property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	bump	present	it	someone			vn hit-18.1-1 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent someone=Instrument

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Take it off and hold it in front or at your feet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	off	off	ADP	_	1 Take	compound:prt
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 hold	cc
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	conj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hold	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 front	case
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obl
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	12 feet	cc
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 feet	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 feet	nmod:poss
12	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 front	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take off	imperative	you not said here	it					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hold	infinitive	you not said here	it		front or your feet			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in front=Location

Option 4

Turn round so it hits others

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	round	round	ADV	_	1 Turn	advmod
3	so	so	SCONJ	_	5 hits	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 hits	nsubj
5	hits	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	advcl
6	others	other	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hits	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn round	imperative	you not said here					round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	hit	present	it	others					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme other=Co-Theme

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