Test 2 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds
Someone behind your dad at a cashpoint is standing very close and looking at the screen. What makes sense?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Someone · What happens: stand, look, make · To what, where: sense
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Someone behind your dad at a cashpoint is standing very close and looking at the screen.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 standing | nsubj |
| 2 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 4 dad | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 dad | nmod:poss |
| 4 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Someone | nmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 cashpoint | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 cashpoint | det |
| 7 | cashpoint | cashpoint | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Someone | nmod |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 standing | aux |
| 9 | standing | stand | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | very | very | ADV | _ | 11 close | advmod |
| 11 | close | close | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 standing | xcomp |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 looking | cc |
| 13 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 9 standing | conj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 16 screen | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 screen | det |
| 16 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 looking | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 9 standing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | present · progressive | Someone | close property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | Someone not said here | at the screen | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at screen=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 makes sense?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | sense | sense | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 makes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | sense | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material sense=Product |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Read the PIN to them so they can help
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Read | read | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 PIN | det |
| 3 | PIN | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Read | obj |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 them | case |
| 5 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Read | obl |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 help | mark |
| 7 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 help | nsubj |
| 8 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 help | aux |
| 9 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Read | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | imperative | you not said here | the PIN | them = they | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent pin=Topic to they=Recipient | |||
| 2 | help | can | they | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Cover the keypad and wait for the person to step back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cover | cover | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 keypad | det |
| 3 | keypad | keypad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cover | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 wait | cc |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Cover | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 person | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 person | det |
| 8 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 wait | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 step | mark |
| 10 | step | step | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 wait | advcl |
| 11 | back | back | ADV | _ | 10 step | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | imperative | you not said here | the keypad | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme keypad=Destination | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | for the person | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | step back | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Ask them to type the PIN in instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 type | mark |
| 4 | type | type | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | xcomp |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 PIN | det |
| 6 | PIN | pin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 type | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 instead | case |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 4 type | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | them = they | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Recipient clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | type not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | the PIN | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent pin=Theme in instead=Destination |
Option 4
Leave the card in the machine and walk away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 card | det |
| 3 | card | card | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 machine | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 machine | det |
| 6 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 walk | cc |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Leave | conj |
| 9 | away | away | ADV | _ | 8 walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the card | the machine | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent card=Theme in machine=Location | |||
| 2 | walk away | infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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