Test 8 · ★ · Airports and planes
On a ten-hour flight, why should you get up and walk in the aisle when allowed?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: get up, walk, allow · To what, where: hour flight, aisle
This is test 8 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 6 flight | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 flight | det |
| 3 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 hour | nummod |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 3 ten | punct |
| 5 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 flight | compound |
| 6 | flight | flight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 get | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 flight | punct |
| 8 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 11 get | advmod |
| 9 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 get | aux |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 get | nsubj |
| 11 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 12 | up | up | ADP | _ | 11 get | compound:prt |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 walk | cc |
| 14 | walk | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 get | conj |
| 15 | in | in | ADP | _ | 17 aisle | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 aisle | det |
| 17 | aisle | aisle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 walk | obl |
| 18 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 19 allowed | advmod |
| 19 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 walk | advcl |
| 20 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 11 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get up | should | you | a hour flight | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on flight=Source | ||||
| 2 | walk | infinitive | you not said here | the aisle | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in aisle=Trajectory | ||||
| 3 | allow | participle | you not said here | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer |
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
It keeps you comfortable and healthy
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 keeps | nsubj |
| 2 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 keeps | obj |
| 4 | comfortable | comfortable | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 keeps | xcomp |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 healthy | cc |
| 6 | healthy | healthy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 comfortable | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | It | you | comfortable property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2
It makes the flight shorter
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 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 flight | det |
| 4 | flight | flight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 5 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 2 makes | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | the flight | short property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material flight=Product |
Option 3
It is the only way to get food
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 way | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 way | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 way | det |
| 4 | only | only | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 way | amod |
| 5 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 way | acl |
| 8 | food | food | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | the only way | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | food | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer food=Stimulus |
Option 4
It helps the plane balance
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 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 balance | det |
| 4 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 balance | compound |
| 5 | balance | balance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helps | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | It | the plane balance | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Beneficiary |
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