Test 1 · Buses, trains and being seen
A girl in Toronto is running late, and the school bus is already pulling away from her stop. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, school bus · What happens: run, pull away, stop, do
This is test 1 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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 girl in Toronto is running late, and the school bus is already pulling away from her stop.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 running | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Toronto | case |
| 4 | Toronto | Toronto | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 running | aux |
| 6 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | late | late | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 running | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 pulling | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 pulling | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 bus | det |
| 11 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 bus | compound |
| 12 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 pulling | nsubj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 pulling | aux |
| 14 | already | already | ADV | _ | 15 pulling | advmod |
| 15 | pulling | pull | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 running | conj |
| 16 | away | away | ADV | _ | 15 pulling | advmod |
| 17 | from | from | ADP | _ | 19 stop | case |
| 18 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 19 stop | nmod:poss |
| 19 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 away | obl |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 running | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · progressive | a girl in Toronto | late property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | pull away | present · progressive | the school bus | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | stop | girl | nom stop «event transitive»: poss=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 should she 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 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing 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 | girl | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Run in front of it to make it stop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 front | case |
| 3 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 front | nmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Run | advcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 make | obj |
| 9 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | front of front | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | you not said here | front | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | stop | infinitive | front not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Let it go and not chase it into the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Let | obj |
| 3 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Let | xcomp |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 chase | cc |
| 5 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 chase | advmod |
| 6 | chase | chase | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Let | conj |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 chase | obj |
| 8 | into | into | ADP | _ | 10 road | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 chase | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | imperative | you not said here | it | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not chase | infinitive | you not said here | it | the road | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into road=Trajectory |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Grab the back of the bus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grab | grab | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 back | det |
| 3 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Grab | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 bus | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bus | det |
| 6 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 back | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grab | imperative | you not said here | the back of the bus | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme |
Option 4
Run after it and bang on the door until it stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | after | after | ADP | _ | 3 it | case |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Run | obl |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 bang | cc |
| 5 | bang | bang | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | conj |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 door | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 door | det |
| 8 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bang | obl |
| 9 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 11 stops | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 stops | nsubj |
| 11 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | after it | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | bang | present | you not said here | the door | vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location | ||||
| 3 | stop | present | door | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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