Test 12 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

carsick in the back, reading my book

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: read · To what, where: book

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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	carsick	carsick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 back	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 back	det
4	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 carsick	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 reading	punct
6	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 carsick	conj
7	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 book	nmod:poss
8	book	book	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	gerund		my book					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic

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

Switch to a game on the tablet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Switch	switch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 game	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 game	det
4	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Switch	obl
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 tablet	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tablet	det
7	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Switch	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	switch	imperative	you not said here			the tablet		to a game result	vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to game=Result

Option 2

Read faster to finish quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Read	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 finish	mark
4	finish	finish	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Read	advcl
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 finish	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	finish	to-infinitive	you not said here					quickly property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Look out the front at the horizon and tell the adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Look	compound:prt
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 front	det
4	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 horizon	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 horizon	det
7	horizon	horizon	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 adult	det
11	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look out	imperative	you not said here	the front		the horizon			vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		the adult				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Close the window so it is warmer, and read a bit more

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Close	close	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 window	det
3	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Close	obj
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 warmer	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 warmer	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 warmer	cop
7	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Close	advcl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 read	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 read	cc
10	read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Close	conj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 bit	det
12	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 more	obl:unmarked
13	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 read	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	close	imperative	you not said here	the window		vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient
2	is	present	window		warm property	tree rules
3	read	infinitive	you not said here	more		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic

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