Test 3 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds
A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas. What is the smartest first step?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, smartest first step · What happens: reach, be · To what, where: gates
This is test 3 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds» 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 family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 family | det |
| 2 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 reaches | nsubj |
| 3 | reaches | reach | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 gates | det |
| 5 | gates | gate | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 reaches | obj |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 county | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 county | det |
| 8 | crowded | crowded | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 county | amod |
| 9 | county | county | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 gates | nmod |
| 10 | fair | fair | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 reaches | xcomp |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 Texas | case |
| 12 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 10 fair | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 reaches | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | present | a family | the gates of a crowded county | fair property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=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 is the smartest first step?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 step | det |
| 4 | smartest | smart | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 step | amod |
| 5 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 step | amod |
| 6 | step | step | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the smartest first step | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Split up to see more rides quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Split | split | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Split | compound:prt |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 see | mark |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Split | advcl |
| 5 | more | more | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 6 rides | amod |
| 6 | rides | ride | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | obj |
| 7 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 4 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | split up | imperative | you not said here | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | more rides | quickly property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ride=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Agree a meeting point, like the main gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 point | det |
| 3 | meeting | meeting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 point | compound |
| 4 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Agree | obj |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 gate | punct |
| 6 | like | like | ADP | _ | 9 gate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 gate | det |
| 8 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 gate | amod |
| 9 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Agree | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | agree speech: agree | imperative | you not said here | a meeting point | like the main gate | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic |
Option 3
Decide to phone each other only if needed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 phone | mark |
| 3 | phone | phone | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Decide | xcomp |
| 4 | each | each | DET | ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp | 3 phone | obj |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 each | fixed |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 needed | advmod |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 needed | mark |
| 8 | needed | need | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 phone | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | decide | imperative | you not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | phone not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | each | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient | ||||
| 3 | need a condition, not said to happen | participle | you not said here | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 4
Let the children go ahead alone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 children | det |
| 3 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | parataxis |
| 5 | ahead | ahead | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| 6 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | go | present | the children | ahead, alone property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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