Test 10 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks
helmet's loose n tilted back, its fine
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: tilt back · To what, where: loose n
This is test 10 · ★★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 n | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 helmet | case |
| 3 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 n | amod |
| 4 | n | n | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | tilted | tilt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 n | acl |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 5 tilted | advmod |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 fine | punct |
| 8 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 fine | nmod:poss |
| 9 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 n | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tilt back | participle | helmet's loose n not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=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
Yes, a loose helmet still works
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 works | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 helmet | det |
| 4 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 helmet | amod |
| 5 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 works | nsubj |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 works | advmod |
| 7 | works | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | a loose helmet | still | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Wear it unbuckled on short rides
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wear | wear | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Wear | obj |
| 3 | unbuckled | unbuckle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Wear | xcomp |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 rides | case |
| 5 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 rides | amod |
| 6 | rides | ride | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 unbuckled | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | unbuckle | participle | you not said here | short rides | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 3
Tilt it more for air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tilt | tilt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Tilt | obj |
| 3 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Tilt | obj |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 air | case |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tilt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tilt | imperative | you not said here | it | for air | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent it=Theme more=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it should be snug, level and buckled
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 snug | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 snug | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 snug | aux |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 snug | cop |
| 6 | snug | snug | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 level | punct |
| 8 | level | level | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 snug | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 buckled | cc |
| 10 | buckled | buckle | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 6 snug | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | should | it | snug property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | buckle | participle | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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