Test 7 · ★ · Airports and planes
A man tries to take a big bottle of water through security. What will happen?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man · What happens: try, take, happen · To what, where: big bottle, security
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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
Sentence 1: A man tries to take a big bottle of water through security.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tries | nsubj |
| 3 | tries | try | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 take | mark |
| 5 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 tries | xcomp |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bottle | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 bottle | amod |
| 8 | bottle | bottle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obj |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 10 water | case |
| 10 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 bottle | nmod |
| 11 | through | through | ADP | _ | 12 security | case |
| 12 | security | security | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 take | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 tries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | present | a man | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | a man not said here | a big bottle of water | security | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bottle=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.
Sentence 2: What will happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | future | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
He will be asked to remove it, as liquids are limited
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 asked | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asked | aux:pass |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 remove | mark |
| 6 | remove | remove | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asked | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 remove | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 limited | punct |
| 9 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 12 limited | mark |
| 10 | liquids | liquid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 limited | nsubj:pass |
| 11 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 limited | aux:pass |
| 12 | limited | limit | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 asked | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | future · passive | He | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | remove not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | it | vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | limit | present · passive | liquids | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He will be told to drink it on the plane
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 told | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 told | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | aux:pass |
| 4 | told | tell | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 drink | mark |
| 6 | drink | drink | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 told | xcomp |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 drink | obj |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 plane | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 plane | det |
| 10 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 drink | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | future · passive | He | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | drink not said to happen | to-infinitive | He not said here | it | the plane | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3
Nothing, because water is always allowed through, whatever the size
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 allowed | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 allowed | mark |
| 4 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 allowed | aux:pass |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 allowed | advmod |
| 7 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 8 | through | through | ADV | _ | 7 allowed | advmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 whatever | punct |
| 10 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 size | det |
| 12 | size | size | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 whatever | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | water | always, through property | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 4
It will be filled with ice for him
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 | 4 filled | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 filled | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 filled | aux:pass |
| 4 | filled | fill | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 ice | case |
| 6 | ice | ice | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 filled | obl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 him | case |
| 8 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ice | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | future · passive | It | with ice for him | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: subject=Patient with ice=Instrument |
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