Test 19 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

heard a girl's foot went in the gap at the station and "they had to cut the train open". should u spread that

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, foot, they · What happens: hear, go, have, cut, spread · To what, where: gap, train, that

This is test 19 · ★ 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	26 spread	advcl
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 girl	det
3	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 foot	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 girl	case
5	foot	foot	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	parataxis
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 gap	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gap	det
9	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 station	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 station	det
12	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 had	cc
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	16 had	punct
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 had	nsubj
16	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 cut	mark
18	cut	cut	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 had	xcomp
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 train	det
20	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 cut	obj
21	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 cut	xcomp
22	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 cut	punct
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 heard	punct
24	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	26 spread	aux
25	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	26 spread	nsubj
26	spread	spread	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
27	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	26 spread	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past	u not said here				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	go	past	a girl's foot		the gap	at the station	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in gap=Location
3	have in a quote	past	they				tree rules
4	cut in a quote	to-infinitive	they not said here	the train		open property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset train=Product
5	spread	should	u	that			vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's likely blown up; just mind the gap yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 blown	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 blown	nsubj:pass
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 blown	aux
5	likely	likely	ADV	_	6 blown	advmod
6	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 blown	compound:prt
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 mind	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 mind	advmod
10	mind	mind	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 blown	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 gap	det
12	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 mind	obj
13	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	10 mind	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow up	present · passive		it				likely property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient
2	mind	infinitive		the gap				yourself obl	vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gap=Theme

Option 2

Yes, but say you saw it yourself, people believe it more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 say	ccomp
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 say	cc
4	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 saw	nsubj
6	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 say	ccomp
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 saw	obj
8	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 saw	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 believe	punct
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 believe	nsubj
11	believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 say	conj
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 believe	obj
13	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 believe	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	see	past	you	it	tree rules
3	believe	present	people	it	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, and add her name so it sounds real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 add	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 add	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 add	cc
4	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 add	obj
7	so	so	ADV	_	9 sounds	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sounds	nsubj
9	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 add	advcl
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 sounds	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	add speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	her name		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Patient
2	sound	present	name		real property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	name		her = she			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, it's a great story to tell everyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 story	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 story	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 story	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 story	det
6	great	great	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 story	amod
7	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 tell	mark
9	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 story	parataxis
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a great story					tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	to-infinitive			everyone				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient

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