Test 7 · ★ · Helpers in town and building sites
A boy sees two people stealing a bike. What is the safest thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, two people, safest thing · What happens: see, steal, be, do · To what, where: two people, bike
This is test 7 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy sees two people stealing a bike.
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 | 3 sees | nsubj |
| 3 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 people | nummod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sees | obj |
| 6 | stealing | steal | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 people | acl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 bike | det |
| 8 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stealing | obj |
| 9 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | a boy | two people | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | steal | gerund | two people not said here | a bike | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bike=Theme |
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 safest thing to do?
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 thing | det |
| 4 | safest | safe | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the safest thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the safest thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Chase them on his own to get it back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Chase | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 own | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 own | nmod:poss |
| 5 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Chase | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Chase | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | chase | imperative | you not said here | them = they | his own | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent they=Theme on own=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | get back | to-infinitive | you not said here | it | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tell an adult or call the police
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 adult | det |
| 3 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 call | cc |
| 5 | call | call | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 police | det |
| 7 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | call | infinitive | you not said here | the police | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient |
Option 3
Shout at them and try to grab the bike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Shout | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 try | cc |
| 5 | try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Shout | conj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 grab | mark |
| 7 | grab | grab | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 try | xcomp |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 bike | det |
| 9 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 grab | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | at them = they | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | try | infinitive | you not said here | vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | grab not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the bike | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme |
Option 4
Do nothing, because it is not his bike
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 1 Do | obj |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 bike | punct |
| 4 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 9 bike | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 bike | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 bike | cop |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 bike | advmod |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 bike | nmod:poss |
| 9 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Do | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | imperative | you not said here | nothing | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not is a | present | it | his bike | tree rules |
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