Test 17 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

omg someone at school said a man climbed down for his hat on the tube tracks and got zapped, "like in a film, sparks everywhere". real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, man · What happens: say, climb down, get, zap · To what, where: real lesson, tube tracks, film · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	omg	omg	INTJ	_	5 said	discourse
2	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 said	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	4 school	case
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 someone	nmod
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 man	det
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climbed	nsubj
8	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 said	ccomp
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 climbed	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	12 hat	case
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 hat	nmod:poss
12	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 climbed	obl
13	on	on	ADP	_	16 tracks	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 tracks	det
15	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 tracks	compound
16	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 climbed	obl
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 got	cc
18	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 climbed	conj
19	zapped	zap	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	18 got	xcomp
20	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 film	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 film	punct
22	like	like	INTJ	_	25 film	discourse
23	in	in	ADP	_	25 film	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 film	det
25	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 got	obl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 sparks	punct
27	sparks	spark	NOUN	Number=Plur	25 film	appos
28	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	27 sparks	advmod
29	"	"	PUNCT	_	27 sparks	punct
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct
31	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 lesson	amod
32	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	obl
33	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	someone	real lesson			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	climb down	past	a man		the tube tracks	for man's hat; down property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on track=Trajectory
3	get	past	a man not said here		a film		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	zap	participle	a man not said here				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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never go down on the tracks; tell a member of staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 go	advmod
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	down	down	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 tracks	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 tracks	det
6	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 go	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 go	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 member	det
10	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj
11	of	of	ADP	_	12 staff	case
12	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 member	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go down	imperative	you not said here			the tracks		down property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on track=Location
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a member of staff					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient

Option 2

Only grab things when no train is coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 grab	advmod
2	grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 grab	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 coming	advmod
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 train	det
6	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 coming	aux
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 grab	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	things					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Theme
2	come	present · progressive	no train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Hats should be tied on in the Underground

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tied	nsubj:pass
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tied	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 tied	aux:pass
4	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	4 tied	compound:prt
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 Underground	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Underground	det
8	Underground	Underground	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 tied	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie on	should · passive		Hats		the Underground			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 4

The rails are only live at rush hour, so go down early in the morning

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 rails	det
2	rails	rail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 live	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 live	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 live	advmod
5	live	live	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 hour	case
7	rush	rush	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hour	compound
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 live	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 live	conj
12	down	down	ADV	_	11 go	advmod
13	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 go	advmod
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 morning	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 morning	det
16	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the rails				hour	live property	tree rules
2	go down	infinitive	the rails not said here				morning	down, early property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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