Test 18 · ★ · Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on b…

my aunt says a kid on the 10th floor dropped a marble off the balcony and "it went through a car roof". what's the true bit

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: aunt, kid · What happens: say, drop, go, be · To what, where: marble, balcony, car roof, true bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 294 «Safe in the kitchen, near the freezer, with plugs and on balconies» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 aunt	nmod:poss
2	aunt	aunt	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dropped	nsubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	9 floor	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 floor	det
8	10th	10th	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Combi NumType=Ord	9 floor	amod
9	floor	floor	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kid	nmod
10	dropped	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 marble	det
12	marble	marble	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dropped	obj
13	off	off	ADP	_	15 balcony	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 balcony	det
15	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 dropped	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 went	cc
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 went	nsubj
19	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 dropped	conj
20	through	through	ADP	_	23 roof	case
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	23 roof	det
22	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 roof	compound
23	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 went	obl
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 went	punct
25	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
26	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	30 bit	nsubj
27	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	30 bit	cop
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	30 bit	det
29	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	30 bit	amod
30	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my aunt			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	drop	past	a kid on the 10th floor	a marble	the balcony	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent marble=Theme off balcony=Destination
3	go in a quote	past	kid		a car roof	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme through roof=Initial_Location
4	is a	present		the true bit		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

Nothing small can hurt from a balcony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 hurt	nsubj
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Nothing	amod
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	aux
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 balcony	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 balcony	det
7	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hurt	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	can	Nothing					from a balcony	vn pain-40.8.1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Patient from balcony=Stimulus

Option 2

Marbles always break car roofs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marbles	marble	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 break	advmod
3	break	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 roofs	compound
5	roofs	roof	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	present	Marbles	car roofs				always property	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer roof=Patient

Option 3

Only big heavy things are dangerous when dropped from a balcony

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
3	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 things	amod
4	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 dropped	advmod
8	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 dangerous	advcl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 balcony	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 balcony	det
11	balcony	balcony	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dropped	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	big heavy things					dangerous property	tree rules
2	drop	participle	big heavy things not said here			a balcony			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from balcony=Trajectory

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

Even small things dropped from a height can seriously hurt someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Even	even	ADV	_	3 things	advmod
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 things	amod
3	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hurt	nsubj
4	dropped	drop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 things	acl
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 height	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 height	det
7	height	height	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 dropped	obl
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
9	seriously	seriously	ADV	_	10 hurt	advmod
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drop	participle		small things not said here		a height			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme from height=Trajectory
2	hurt	can	small things	someone				seriously property	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer someone=Patient

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