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Test 5 · Lifting and carrying heavy things

Your friend carries his heavy backpack on one shoulder every day. What might happen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend · What happens: carry, happen · To what, where: heavy backpack, one shoulder

This is test 5 of lesson 3 «Lifting and carrying heavy things» 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: Your friend carries his heavy backpack on one shoulder every day.

nmod:possnsubjnmod:possamodobjcasenummodobldetobl:unmarkedpunctrootYourPRONfriendNOUNcarriesVERBhisPRONheavyADJbackpackNOUNonADPoneNUMshoulderNOUNeveryDETdayNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 friendnmod:poss
2friendfriendNOUNNumber=Sing3 carriesnsubj
3carriescarryVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4hishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs6 backpacknmod:poss
5heavyheavyADJDegree=Pos6 backpackamod
6backpackbackpackNOUNNumber=Sing3 carriesobj
7ononADP_9 shouldercase
8oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card9 shouldernummod
9shouldershoulderNOUNNumber=Sing3 carriesobl
10everyeveryDETPronType=Tot11 daydet
11daydayNOUNNumber=Sing3 carriesobl:unmarked
12..PUNCT_3 carriespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1carrypresentYour friendfriend's heavy backpackone shoulderdayvn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent backpack=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 might happen?

nsubjauxpunctrootWhatPRONmightAUXhappenVERB?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 happennsubj
2mightmightAUXVerbForm=Fin3 happenaux
3happenhappenVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 happenpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenmightvn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

He will grow taller on that side than the other

nsubjauxxcompcasedetoblcasedetoblrootHePRONwillAUXgrowVERBtallerADJonADPthatDETsideNOUNthanADPtheDETotherADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HehePRONCase=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs3 grownsubj
2willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin3 growaux
3growgrowVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
4tallertallADJDegree=Cmp3 growxcomp
5ononADP_7 sidecase
6thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem7 sidedet
7sidesideNOUNNumber=Sing3 growobl
8thanthanADP_10 othercase
9thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art10 otherdet
10otherotherADJDegree=Pos3 growobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1growfutureHethat sidethan the other; tall propertyvn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

His shoulder and back may start to hurt

nmod:possnsubjccconjauxmarkxcomprootHisPRONshoulderNOUNandCCONJbackNOUNmayAUXstartVERBtoPARThurtVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 shouldernmod:poss
2shouldershoulderNOUNNumber=Sing6 startnsubj
3andandCCONJ_4 backcc
4backbackNOUNNumber=Sing2 shoulderconj
5maymayAUXVerbForm=Fin6 startaux
6startstartVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
7totoPART_8 hurtmark
8hurthurtVERBVerbForm=Inf6 startxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1startmayHis shoulder and backvn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
2hurtto-infinitiveHis shoulder and back not said herevn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

His bag will get lighter

nmod:possnsubjauxxcomprootHisPRONbagNOUNwillAUXgetVERBlighterADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1HishisPRONCase=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 bagnmod:poss
2bagbagNOUNNumber=Sing4 getnsubj
3willwillAUXVerbForm=Fin4 getaux
4getgetVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5lighterlightADJDegree=Cmp4 getxcomp
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1getfutureHis baglight propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Nothing ever happens

nsubjadvmodrootNothingPRONeverADVhappensVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg3 happensnsubj
2evereverADVPronType=Ind3 happensadvmod
3happenshappenVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1happenpresentNothingevervn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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