Test 7 · ★ · Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues…
Your bike tyre goes flat on the way home from a friend's house. Which is the best plan?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bike tyre · What happens: go, be · To what, where: way, best plan
This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 331 «Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping» 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 bike tyre goes flat on the way home from a friend's house.
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 | 3 tyre | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 tyre | compound |
| 3 | tyre | tyre | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 goes | xcomp |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 way | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 way | det |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl |
| 9 | home | home | ADV | _ | 4 goes | advmod |
| 10 | from | from | ADP | _ | 14 house | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 friend | det |
| 12 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 house | nmod:poss |
| 13 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 12 friend | case |
| 14 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 goes | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 goes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | Your bike tyre | the way | from a friend's house; flat, home property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme from house=Initial_Location |
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: Which is the best plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 plan | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 plan | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 plan | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Keep riding on the metal rim, because it gets you home quicker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | riding | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 rim | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rim | det |
| 5 | metal | metal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 rim | compound |
| 6 | rim | rim | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 riding | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 gets | punct |
| 8 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 10 gets | mark |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 11 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 10 gets | obj |
| 12 | home | home | ADV | _ | 13 quicker | advmod |
| 13 | quicker | quick | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 10 gets | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ride | gerund | you not said here | the metal rim | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | get | present | rim | you | quick property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Walk it home or phone a parent to collect you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Walk | obj |
| 3 | home | home | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 phone | cc |
| 5 | phone | phone | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Walk | conj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 parent | det |
| 7 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 phone | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 collect | mark |
| 9 | collect | collect | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 phone | advcl |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 collect | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk | imperative | you not said here | it | home property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | phone | infinitive | you not said here | a parent | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | collect | to-infinitive | you not said here | you | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 3
Leave it by the road for someone to fix
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 road | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 road | det |
| 5 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 someone | case |
| 7 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Leave | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 fix | mark |
| 9 | fix | fix | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | by the road; for someone | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by road=Location | |||
| 2 | fix | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
Option 4
Ask a passing stranger for a lift in his car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stranger | det |
| 3 | passing | passing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stranger | compound |
| 4 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | iobj |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 lift | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lift | det |
| 7 | lift | lift | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 car | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 car | nmod:poss |
| 10 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | a passing stranger | his car | for a lift | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent stranger=Recipient |
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