Test 14 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

dropped my headphones on the tracks!! can i just hop down quick

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: drop, hop down · To what, where: headphones, tracks

This is test 14 · ★ 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	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	3 headphones	nmod:poss
3	headphones	headphone	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 dropped	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 tracks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tracks	det
6	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 dropped	obl
7	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	11 hop	punct
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 hop	aux
9	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 hop	nsubj
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 hop	advmod
11	hop	hop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 dropped	parataxis
12	down	down	ADV	_	11 hop	advmod
13	quick	quick	ADV	_	11 hop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	past		my headphones		the tracks			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent headphone=Theme on track=Destination
2	hop down	can	i					down, quick property	vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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

Yes, a friend can stand at the edge and watch for trains for you

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 stand	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 friend	det
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stand	aux
6	stand	stand	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 edge	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 edge	det
9	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stand	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 watch	cc
11	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stand	conj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 trains	case
13	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 watch	obl
14	for	for	ADP	_	15 you	case
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 watch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	can	a friend			the edge			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location
2	watch	infinitive	a friend not said here					for trains; for you	vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for train=Theme

Option 2

Yes, if no train is coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 coming	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 coming	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 train	det
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coming	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 coming	aux
7	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present · progressive	no train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Yes, but avoid the shiny rail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 avoid	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 avoid	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 avoid	cc
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rail	det
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 rail	amod
7	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 avoid	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	avoid	imperative	you not said here	the shiny rail					vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent rail=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, tell a staff member, they'll get them safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 tell	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 member	det
5	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	compound
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 get	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 get	aux
10	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tell	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 get	obj
12	safely	safely	ADV	_	10 get	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	a staff member					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient
2	get	future	they	them = they				safely property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

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