Test 1 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks
A boy in Denver wears his helmet pushed far back with the strap undone. Which is true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, helmet · What happens: wear, push, undo, be · To what, where: strap
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» 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 boy in Denver wears his helmet pushed far back with the strap undone.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wears | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Denver | case |
| 4 | Denver | Denver | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | wears | wear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 helmet | nmod:poss |
| 7 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pushed | nsubj |
| 8 | pushed | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 wears | ccomp |
| 9 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 back | advmod |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 pushed | advmod |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 strap | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 strap | det |
| 13 | strap | strap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 pushed | obl |
| 14 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 strap | acl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 wears | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | present | a boy in Denver | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | push | past | boy's helmet | with the strap | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | undo | participle | the strap not said here | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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: Which is true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It may not protect him in a fall
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 protect | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 protect | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 protect | advmod |
| 4 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 protect | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 fall | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fall | det |
| 8 | fall | fall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 protect | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not protect | may | It | him = he | a fall | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
Option 2
Straps are only needed for racing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Straps | strap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 needed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 needed | aux:pass |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 needed | advmod |
| 4 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 racing | case |
| 6 | racing | racing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present · passive | Straps | for racing | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: subject=Theme |
Option 3
It protects him just as well when loose
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 protects | nsubj |
| 2 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 protects | obj |
| 4 | just | just | ADV | _ | 5 as | advmod |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | ExtPos=ADV | 2 protects | advmod |
| 6 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 as | fixed |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 8 loose | advmod |
| 8 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 protects | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | It | him = he | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary |
Option 4
It is safer because he can see more
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 safer | expl |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safer | cop |
| 3 | safer | safe | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 7 see | mark |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 see | nsubj |
| 6 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 see | aux |
| 7 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 safer | csubj |
| 8 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | safe property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | see | can | he | more | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer more=Stimulus |
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