Test 15 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways
whats the big deal with the third rail
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗
This is test 15 · ★ 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 | whats | what | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 deal | det |
| 3 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 deal | amod |
| 4 | deal | deal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 whats | appos |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 rail | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 rail | det |
| 7 | third | third | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 rail | amod |
| 8 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 deal | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It only works at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 works | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 works | advmod |
| 3 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 night | case |
| 5 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 works | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | It | night | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
It carries electricity strong enough to kill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 carries | nsubj |
| 2 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 carries | obj |
| 4 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 carries | xcomp |
| 5 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 4 strong | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 kill | mark |
| 7 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 strong | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | It | electricity | strong property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent electricity=Theme | |||
| 2 | kill | to-infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
It is only a little warm to the touch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 warm | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 warm | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 warm | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 little | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 warm | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | warm | warm | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 touch | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 touch | det |
| 9 | touch | touch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 warm | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | to the touch; a little obl:unmarked; warm property | tree rules |
Option 4
It is there to hold the trains up on the track
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 hold | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hold | cop |
| 3 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 5 hold | expl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 hold | mark |
| 5 | hold | hold | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 trains | det |
| 7 | trains | train | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hold | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 hold | compound:prt |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 track | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 track | det |
| 11 | track | track | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 hold | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | the track; there | hold property | tree rules |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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