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.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carries | nsubj |
| 3 | carries | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 backpack | nmod:poss |
| 5 | heavy | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 backpack | amod |
| 6 | backpack | backpack | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carries | obj |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 shoulder | case |
| 8 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 shoulder | nummod |
| 9 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carries | obl |
| 10 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 11 day | det |
| 11 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carries | obl:unmarked |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 carries | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | Your friend | friend's heavy backpack | one shoulder | day | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | might | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
He will grow taller on that side than the other
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 grow | nsubj |
| 2 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 grow | aux |
| 3 | grow | grow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 grow | xcomp |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 side | case |
| 6 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 7 side | det |
| 7 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 grow | obl |
| 8 | than | than | ADP | _ | 10 other | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 other | det |
| 10 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 grow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | future | He | that side | than the other; tall property | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 shoulder | nmod:poss |
| 2 | shoulder | shoulder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 start | nsubj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 back | cc |
| 4 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 shoulder | conj |
| 5 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 start | aux |
| 6 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 hurt | mark |
| 8 | hurt | hurt | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 start | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | may | His shoulder and back | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | hurt | to-infinitive | His shoulder and back not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 3
His bag will get lighter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bag | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | lighter | light | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | future | His bag | light property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
Nothing ever happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 happens | advmod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | Nothing | ever | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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