Test 2 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks
A girl rides home at dusk in Dublin with no lights. What is the biggest danger?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, biggest danger · What happens: ride, be · To what, where: Dublin
This is test 2 · ★★ 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 girl rides home at dusk in Dublin with no lights.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rides | nsubj |
| 3 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | home | home | ADV | _ | 3 rides | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 dusk | case |
| 6 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 rides | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Dublin | case |
| 8 | Dublin | Dublin | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 rides | obl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 11 lights | case |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 lights | det |
| 11 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 rides | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 rides | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present | a girl | Dublin | dusk | with no lights; home property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: 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: What is the biggest danger?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 danger | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 danger | amod |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the biggest danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
She may get lost in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 dark | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 dark | det |
| 7 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | may · passive | She | the dark | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
Her tyres will go flat in the cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 tyres | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tyres | tyre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 go | xcomp |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 cold | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 cold | det |
| 8 | cold | cold | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | future | Her tyres | the cold | flat property | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in cold=Location |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Drivers may not see her
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | may | Drivers | her = she | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
Option 4
Her bike will go slower at night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bike | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | slower | slow | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 go | xcomp |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 night | case |
| 7 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | future | Her bike | night | slow property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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