Test 8 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries
A girl wants to run up the down escalator in the mall for fun. What could happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl · What happens: want, run up, happen · To what, where: down escalator, mall
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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 wants to run up the down escalator in the mall for fun.
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 wants | nsubj |
| 3 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 run | mark |
| 5 | run | run | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wants | xcomp |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 run | compound:prt |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 escalator | det |
| 8 | down | down | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 escalator | amod |
| 9 | escalator | escalator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 run | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 mall | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 mall | det |
| 12 | mall | mall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 run | obl |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 fun | case |
| 14 | fun | fun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 mall | nmod |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | a girl | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | run up not said to happen | to-infinitive | a girl not said here | the down escalator | the mall for fun | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent escalator=Theme in mall=Trajectory |
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 could happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
She could fall and knock into others
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 | 3 fall | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fall | aux |
| 3 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 knock | cc |
| 5 | knock | knock | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 fall | conj |
| 6 | into | into | ADP | _ | 7 others | case |
| 7 | others | other | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 knock | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall | could | She | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | knock | infinitive | She not said here | others | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into other=Location |
Option 2
Nothing, because escalators are slow
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 slow | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 slow | mark |
| 4 | escalators | escalator | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 slow | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 slow | cop |
| 6 | slow | slow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | escalators | slow property | tree rules |
Option 3
She will get there faster
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 | 3 get | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 get | aux |
| 3 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 get | advmod |
| 5 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | She | there | fast property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
The escalator will go the other way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 escalator | det |
| 2 | escalator | escalator | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 way | det |
| 6 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 way | amod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | future | the escalator | the other way | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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