Test 6 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks
A girl in San Francisco wants to scooter down a very steep street. What is wise?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, scooter down, be · To what, where: steep street
This is test 6 · ★★ 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 in San Francisco wants to scooter down a very steep street.
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 | 6 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 San | case |
| 4 | San | San | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | Francisco | Francisco | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 San | flat |
| 6 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 scooter | mark |
| 8 | scooter | scooter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 wants | xcomp |
| 9 | down | down | ADP | _ | 8 scooter | compound:prt |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 street | det |
| 11 | very | very | ADV | _ | 12 steep | advmod |
| 12 | steep | steep | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 street | amod |
| 13 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 scooter | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl in San | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | scooter down not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl in San not said here | a steep street | tree rules |
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 wise?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wise | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wise | cop |
| 3 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wise | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wise property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Get off and walk the scooter down
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | off | off | ADP | _ | 1 Get | compound:prt |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 walk | cc |
| 4 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 scooter | det |
| 6 | scooter | scooter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 walk | obj |
| 7 | down | down | ADP | _ | 4 walk | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get off | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | walk down | infinitive | you not said here | the scooter | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scooter=Trajectory |
Option 2
Ride with one foot on the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 foot | case |
| 3 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 foot | nummod |
| 4 | foot | foot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ride | obl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 ground | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ground | det |
| 7 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ride | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | imperative | you not said here | the ground | with one foot | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Ride down and brake at the bottom
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADV | _ | 1 Ride | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 brake | cc |
| 4 | brake | break | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ride | conj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 bottom | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bottom | det |
| 7 | bottom | bottom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 brake | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride down | imperative | you not said here | down property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | break | infinitive | you not said here | the bottom | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bottom=Location |
Option 4
Lean forward to go faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lean | lean | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 1 Lean | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 go | mark |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Lean | advcl |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lean | imperative | you not said here | forward property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | go | to-infinitive | you not said here | fast property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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