Test 15 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

wanna put a coin on the track to see it squashed

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: wanna, coin · What happens: put, see, squash · To what, where: coin, track

This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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	wanna	wanna	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 put	nsubj
2	put	put	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 coin	det
4	coin	coin	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 track	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 track	det
7	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 put	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 see	mark
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 put	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj
11	squashed	squash	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 see	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	put	past	wanna	a coin	the track	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme on track=Destination
2	see	to-infinitive	wanna not said here	coin		tree rules
3	squash	participle	coin not said here			vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, coins are too small to matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 small	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 small	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 small	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 small	advmod
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 matter	mark
8	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 small	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	coins					small property	tree rules
2	matter	to-infinitive	coins not said here						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, trains are made to crush them flat, that's what the wheels are for

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 made	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 made	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 made	aux:pass
5	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 crush	mark
7	crush	crush	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 made	xcomp
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 crush	obj
9	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 crush	xcomp
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 what	punct
11	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	13 what	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	cop
13	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 made	parataxis
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 wheels	det
15	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 are	nsubj
16	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 what	acl:relcl
17	for	for	ADP	_	5 made	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		trains		tree rules
2	crush	to-infinitive	trains not said here	trains = train	flat property	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient
3	is a	present	that			tree rules

Option 3

Yes, if you step back quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 step	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 step	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 step	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 step	nsubj
5	step	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 step	advmod
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	5 step	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step back	present	you					quickly property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it can derail a train and you could be hit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 derail	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 derail	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 derail	aux
5	derail	derail	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 train	det
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 derail	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 hit	cc
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 hit	nsubj
10	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 hit	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 hit	aux:pass
12	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 derail	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	derail	can	it	a train					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent train=Patient
2	hit	could · passive		you					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

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