Test 7 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes
A boy's helmet is pushed back so his forehead is showing. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: forehead · What happens: push back, show, be · To what, where: helmet
This is test 7 · ★ 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 boy's helmet is pushed back so his forehead is showing.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 helmet | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 boy | case |
| 4 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 pushed | aux:pass |
| 6 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 pushed | advmod |
| 8 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 12 showing | mark |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 10 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 showing | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 showing | aux |
| 12 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 pushed | advcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 pushed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push back | present · passive | a boy's helmet | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | show | present · progressive | boy's forehead | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It should be worn without the strap
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 worn | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 worn | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 worn | aux:pass |
| 4 | worn | wear | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | without | without | ADP | _ | 7 strap | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 strap | det |
| 7 | strap | strap | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 worn | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wear | should · passive | It | without the strap | vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |
Option 2
It should cover his eyes for more protection
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 cover | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 cover | aux |
| 3 | cover | cover | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 cover | obj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 protection | case |
| 7 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 8 protection | amod |
| 8 | protection | protection | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 cover | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cover | should | It | his eyes | for more protection | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme eye=Destination |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It must sit level just above the eyebrows to protect his forehead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 sit | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 sit | aux |
| 3 | sit | sit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | level | level | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 sit | xcomp |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 eyebrows | advmod |
| 6 | above | above | ADP | _ | 8 eyebrows | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 eyebrows | det |
| 8 | eyebrows | eyebrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 sit | obl |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 protect | mark |
| 10 | protect | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 sit | advcl |
| 11 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 forehead | nmod:poss |
| 12 | forehead | forehead | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 protect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sit | must | It | the eyebrows | level property | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent above eyebrow=Location | |||
| 2 | protect | to-infinitive | his forehead | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent forehead=Beneficiary |
Option 4
Nothing, a helmet protects you whatever position it is sitting in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 protects | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 helmet | det |
| 4 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protects | nsubj |
| 5 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 protects | obj |
| 7 | whatever | whatever | DET | PronType=Int | 8 position | det |
| 8 | position | position | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 protects | obj |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 sitting | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 sitting | aux |
| 11 | sitting | sit | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 8 position | acl:relcl |
| 12 | in | in | ADV | _ | 11 sitting | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | Nothing | you | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | sit in | present · progressive | helmet | whatever position not said here | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location position=Theme |
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