Test 17 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds
did u hear at the concert ppl got "squashed like sardines, one lady couldn't breathe". real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, concert ppl, one lady · What happens: hear, get, squash, not breathe · To what, where: real lesson
This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | SCONJ | _ | 8 got | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ppl | det |
| 6 | concert | concert | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ppl | compound |
| 7 | ppl | ppl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 got | nsubj |
| 8 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | advcl |
| 9 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 10 squashed | punct |
| 10 | squashed | squash | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 got | xcomp |
| 11 | like | like | ADP | _ | 12 sardines | case |
| 12 | sardines | sardine | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 squashed | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 breathe | punct |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 15 lady | nummod |
| 15 | lady | lady | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 breathe | nsubj |
| 16 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 18 breathe | aux |
| 17 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 18 breathe | advmod |
| 18 | breathe | breathe | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 squashed | advcl |
| 19 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 breathe | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 21 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 22 lesson | amod |
| 22 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obl:unmarked |
| 23 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | real lesson | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | get | past | the concert ppl | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 3 | squash in a quote | participle | the concert ppl not said here | like sardines | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 4 | not breathe in a quote | could | one lady | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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
If a crowd pushes, move to the side towards space
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 pushes | mark |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 crowd | det |
| 3 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pushes | nsubj |
| 4 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 move | advcl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 pushes | punct |
| 6 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 side | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 side | det |
| 9 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 move | obl |
| 10 | towards | towards | ADP | _ | 11 space | case |
| 11 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 move | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push a condition, not said to happen | present | a crowd | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | move | imperative | you not said here | the side | towards space | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to side=Source towards space=Trajectory |
Option 2
Lie down so you can't fall over
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lie | lie | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | down | down | ADP | _ | 1 Lie | compound:prt |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 fall | advmod |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 fall | nsubj |
| 5 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 fall | aux |
| 6 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 fall | advmod |
| 7 | fall | fall | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Lie | advcl |
| 8 | over | over | ADV | _ | 7 fall | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lie down | imperative | you not said here | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | not fall over | can | you | over property | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Push harder to get to the front, where there is more air
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Push | push | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Push | xcomp |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Push | advcl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 front | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 front | det |
| 7 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 is | punct |
| 9 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 11 is | advmod |
| 10 | there | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 11 is | expl |
| 11 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 front | acl:relcl |
| 12 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 13 air | amod |
| 13 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 is | nsubj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | imperative | you not said here | hard property | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | you not said here | to the front result | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to front=Result | ||||
| 3 | be | present | more air | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Stand still right in the middle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 right | advmod |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Stand | xcomp |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 middle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 middle | det |
| 6 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | imperative | you not said here | right property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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