Test 16 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

mates climbing on the train wagons for pics, near the wires

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mates · What happens: climb, wagon · To what, where: train

This is test 16 · ★★ 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	mates	mate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wagons	nsubj
2	climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 mates	acl
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 train	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 train	det
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 climbing	obl
6	wagons	wagon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 pics	case
8	pics	pic	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 wagons	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wires	punct
10	near	near	ADP	_	12 wires	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 wires	det
12	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pics	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund	mates not said here			the train			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on train=Trajectory
2	wagon	present	mates					for pics and the wires	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay off, electricity can jump from the wires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Stay	compound:prt
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 jump	punct
4	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 jump	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 jump	aux
6	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Stay	conj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 wires	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wires	det
9	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 jump	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay off	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	jump	can	electricity			the wires			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from wire=Trajectory

Option 2

Fine if the train is not moving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 moving	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 train	det
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 moving	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 moving	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 moving	advmod
7	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	present · progressive	the train						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Fine if you do not touch the wires

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 touch	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 touch	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 touch	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 touch	advmod
6	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fine	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 wires	det
8	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	present · do-support	you	the wires					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wire=Co-Theme

Option 4

Fine if you wear rubber shoes, they stop the electricity

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 wear	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 wear	nsubj
4	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	advcl
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shoes	compound
6	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wear	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 stop	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 stop	nsubj
9	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 electricity	det
11	electricity	electricity	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	present	you	rubber shoes					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme
2	stop	present	shoes = shoe	the electricity					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality electricity=Eventuality

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