Test 17 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks

did u hear?? a kid came off his scooter on the big hill and his helmet was just hanging off the handlebars, my mum says he cracked his head. lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, helmet, mum · What happens: hear, come off, hang off, say, crack · To what, where: lesson, scooter, big hill, handlebars, head · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	??	??	PUNCT	_	7 came	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	nsubj
7	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
8	off	off	ADP	_	10 scooter	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 scooter	nmod:poss
10	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	14 hill	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 hill	det
13	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 hill	amod
14	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 came	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 hanging	cc
16	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 helmet	nmod:poss
17	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 hanging	nsubj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 hanging	aux
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 hanging	advmod
20	hanging	hang	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 came	conj
21	off	off	ADP	_	20 hanging	compound:prt
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 handlebars	det
23	handlebars	handlebar	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 hanging	obj
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 says	punct
25	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 mum	nmod:poss
26	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 says	nsubj
27	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 hanging	parataxis
28	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	29 cracked	nsubj
29	cracked	crack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	27 says	ccomp
30	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	31 head	nmod:poss
31	head	head	NOUN	Number=Sing	29 cracked	obj
32	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
33	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
34	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	come off	past	a kid	kid's scooter	the big hill	tree rules
3	hang off	past · progressive	kid's helmet	the handlebars		vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handlebar=Patient
4	say speech: assert	present	my mum			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
5	crack	past	kid	kid's head		vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=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

Wear the helmet buckled and walk down steep hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 helmet	det
3	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wear	obj
4	buckled	buckle	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 helmet	acl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walk	cc
6	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wear	conj
7	down	down	ADV	_	6 walk	advmod
8	steep	steep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 hills	amod
9	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 walk	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wear	imperative	you not said here	the helmet		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme
2	buckle	participle		the helmet not said here		vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	walk down	infinitive	you not said here	steep hills	down property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme hill=Trajectory

Option 2

Scooters are only safe on hills

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Scooters	scooter	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 safe	advmod
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 hills	case
6	hills	hill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Scooters			hills		safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Helmets don't help so don't bother

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 help	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 help	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 help	advmod
4	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	4 help	advmod
6	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 bother	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 bother	advmod
8	bother	bother	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 help	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not help	present · do-support	Helmets						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	not bother	infinitive · do-support	Helmets not said here						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Just ride faster to keep your balance, wobbling is what makes you fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 ride	advmod
2	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	2 ride	advmod
4	to	to	PART	_	5 keep	mark
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 ride	xcomp
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 balance	nmod:poss
7	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 wobbling	punct
9	wobbling	wobble	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 keep	advcl
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 what	cop
11	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	12 makes	nsubj
12	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ride	parataxis
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 makes	obj
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	ride	imperative	you not said here		fast property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	your balance		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Theme
3	wobble	gerund	you not said here			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	present				tree rules
5	make	present		you		tree rules
6	fall	infinitive	you not said here			vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
7	balance		your			nom balance «state intransitive»: poss=agent

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