Test 5 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

A brother and sister are on a train in Sydney, but their mum did not get on in time. What should they do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: brother, mum · What happens: be, not get on, do · To what, where: train

This is test 5 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A brother and sister are on a train in Sydney, but their mum did not get on in time.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 brother	det
2	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 train	nsubj
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 sister	cc
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brother	conj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 train	cop
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 train	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Sydney	case
10	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 train	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 get	punct
12	but	but	CCONJ	_	17 get	cc
13	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mum	nmod:poss
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 get	nsubj
15	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 get	aux
16	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 get	advmod
17	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 train	parataxis
18	on	on	ADP	_	17 get	compound:prt
19	in	in	ADP	_	20 time	case
20	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 get	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 train	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a brother and sister			a train		in Sydney	tree rules
2	not get on	past · do-support	brother's mum				time		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 should they do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	brother						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Follow the family plan, such as getting off at the next station and waiting, or telling staff

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 plan	det
3	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 plan	compound
4	plan	plan	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 getting	punct
6	such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos ExtPos=SCONJ	8 getting	mark
7	as	as	ADP	_	6 such	fixed
8	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Follow	parataxis
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 getting	compound:prt
10	at	at	ADP	_	13 station	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 station	det
12	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 station	amod
13	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 getting	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 waiting	cc
15	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 getting	conj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 telling	punct
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 telling	cc
18	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 getting	conj
19	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 telling	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	the family plan		vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent plan=Theme
2	get off	gerund			the next station	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	wait	gerund				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	gerund		staff		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent staff=Recipient

Option 2

Get off at a station far away and walk all the way back along the railway line to look for her

The tree, 21 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Get	compound:prt
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 station	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 station	det
5	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl
6	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	1 Get	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 walk	cc
9	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	12 way	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 way	det
12	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walk	obl:unmarked
13	back	back	ADV	_	9 walk	advmod
14	along	along	ADP	_	17 line	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 line	det
16	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 line	compound
17	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walk	obl
18	to	to	PART	_	19 look	mark
19	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 walk	advcl
20	for	for	ADP	_	21 her	case
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get off	imperative	you not said here		a station	away property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	walk	infinitive	you not said here	all way	the railway line		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along line=Trajectory
3	look	to-infinitive	you not said here			for her = she	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=Theme

Option 3

Go with a stranger who offers to help them find her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 stranger	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 offers	nsubj
6	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stranger	acl:relcl
7	to	to	PART	_	8 help	mark
8	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 offers	xcomp
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 help	obj
10	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 help	xcomp
11	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		with a stranger	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with stranger=Beneficiary
2	offer	present	a stranger			tree rules
3	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	a stranger not said here	them = they		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
4	find not said to happen	infinitive	them = they not said here	her = she		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic

Option 4

Pull the emergency handle to stop the train at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 handle	det
3	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 handle	compound
4	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Pull	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pull	advcl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stop	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 once	case
10	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	imperative	you not said here	the emergency handle					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handle=Theme
2	stop	to-infinitive	you not said here	the train					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality train=Eventuality

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