Test 8 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks A boy's tyre is flat. He has no tools. Which is the best choice?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: tyre, boy · What happens: be, have · To what, where: tools, best choice
This is test 8 · ★★ 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's tyre is flat.
det nmod:poss case nsubj cop punct root A DET boy NOUN 's PART tyre NOUN is AUX flat ADJ . PUNCT 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 4 tyre nmod:poss 3 's 's PART _ 2 boy case 4 tyre tyre NOUN Number=Sing 6 flat nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 flat cop 6 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos root root 7 . . PUNCT _ 6 flat punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present a boy's tyre flat property 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: He has no tools.
nsubj det obj punct root He PRON has VERB no DET tools NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 He he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 has nsubj 2 has have VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 no no DET PronType=Neg 4 tools det 4 tools tool NOUN Number=Plur 2 has obj 5 . . PUNCT _ 2 has punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 have present boy no tools vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient
Sentence 3: Which is the best choice?
nsubj cop det amod punct root Which PRON is AUX the DET best ADJ choice NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Which which PRON PronType=Rel 5 choice nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 choice cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 choice det 4 best good ADJ Degree=Sup 5 choice amod 5 choice choice NOUN Number=Sing root root 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 5 choice punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is a present the best choice tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Ride on it, because it is not far
case obl punct mark nsubj parataxis advmod advmod root Ride VERB on ADP it PRON , PUNCT because SCONJ it PRON is VERB not PART far ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Ride ride VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 on on ADP _ 3 it case 3 it it PRON Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 1 Ride obl 4 , , PUNCT _ 7 is punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 7 is mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 is nsubj 7 is be VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Ride parataxis 8 not not PART Polarity=Neg 9 far advmod 9 far far ADV Degree=Pos 7 is advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ride imperative you not said here it vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 2 be present it far property vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer Walk the bike home or phone a parent
det compound obj cc conj det obl root Walk VERB the DET bike NOUN home NOUN or CCONJ phone NOUN a DET parent NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Walk walk VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 home det 3 bike bike NOUN Number=Sing 4 home compound 4 home home NOUN Number=Sing 1 Walk obj 5 or or CCONJ _ 6 phone cc 6 phone phone NOUN Number=Sing 4 home conj 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 parent det 8 parent parent NOUN Number=Sing 1 Walk obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 walk imperative you not said here the bike home or phone a parent obl vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Trajectory
Option 3 Hide the bike in a bush
det obj case det obl root Hide VERB the DET bike NOUN in ADP a DET bush NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Hide hide VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 3 bike det 3 bike bike NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hide obj 4 in in ADP _ 6 bush case 5 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 bush det 6 bush bush NOUN Number=Sing 1 Hide obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hide imperative you not said here the bike a bush vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bike=Patient in bush=Location
Option 4 Get a lift home from a friendly stranger who stops to help
det obj advmod case det amod obl nsubj acl:relcl mark xcomp root Get VERB a DET lift NOUN home ADV from ADP a DET friendly ADJ stranger NOUN who PRON stops VERB to PART help VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Get get VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 3 lift det 3 lift lift NOUN Number=Sing 1 Get obj 4 home home ADV _ 1 Get advmod 5 from from ADP _ 8 stranger case 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 stranger det 7 friendly friendly ADJ Degree=Pos 8 stranger amod 8 stranger stranger NOUN Number=Sing 1 Get obl 9 who who PRON PronType=Rel 10 stops nsubj 10 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 8 stranger acl:relcl 11 to to PART _ 12 help mark 12 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 10 stops xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 get imperative you not said here a lift a friendly stranger home property vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lift=Theme from stranger=Source 2 stop present a friendly stranger vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality 3 help to-infinitive a friendly stranger not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
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