Test 11 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites
digger reversing, can i stand close n watch
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: reverse, stand · To what, where: close n watch
This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 274 «Helpers in town and building sites» 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 | digger | digger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 reversing | compound |
| 2 | reversing | reverse | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 stand | advcl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 reversing | punct |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stand | aux |
| 5 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 stand | nsubj |
| 6 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 watch | amod |
| 8 | n | n | X | _ | 9 watch | compound |
| 9 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stand | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reverse | gerund | i not said here | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 2 | stand | can | i | close n watch | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer watch=Stimulus |
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
No, stay well away, the driver can't see you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | well | well | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | advmod |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 stay | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 see | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 driver | det |
| 8 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 see | nsubj |
| 9 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 see | aux |
| 10 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 11 see | advmod |
| 11 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 stay | conj |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay away | imperative | you not said here | away, well property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not see | can | the driver | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2
Only behind it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 it | advmod |
| 2 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Yes, if you wave at the driver so he knows
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 wave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 wave | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 wave | nsubj |
| 5 | wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 driver | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 driver | det |
| 8 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wave | obl |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 knows | advmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 knows | nsubj |
| 11 | knows | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 wave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | present | you | at the driver | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at driver=Location | ||||
| 2 | know | present | driver | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Yes, it's going slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 going | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 going | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 going | aux |
| 5 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 6 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 5 going | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present · progressive | it | slowly property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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