Test 19 · Buses, trains and being seen

Max fell over on the train when it moved and everyone laughed, gonna post it lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Max, train, everyone · What happens: fall over, move, laugh · To what, where: train

This is test 19 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 fell	nsubj
2	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	over	over	ADV	_	2 fell	advmod
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 train	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 train	det
6	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 fell	obl
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 moved	advmod
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 moved	nsubj
9	moved	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 laughed	cc
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 laughed	nsubj
12	laughed	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 fell	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 gonna	punct
14	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	12 laughed	conj
15	post	post	ADP	_	16 it	case
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 laughed	obl
17	lol	lol	INTJ	_	2 fell	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	fall over	past	Max	the train	over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on train=Location
2	move	past	train			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	laugh	past	everyone		post train	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Post it, because falling on trains is funny and everyone already saw it happen anyway

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 funny	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 funny	mark
5	falling	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 funny	csubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 trains	case
7	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 falling	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 funny	cop
9	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Post	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 saw	cc
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 saw	nsubj
12	already	already	ADV	_	13 saw	advmod
13	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 funny	conj
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 saw	obj
15	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 saw	xcomp
16	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	15 happen	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it			vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	fall	gerund			trains		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on train=Location
3	is	present	falling			funny property	tree rules
4	see	past	everyone	it			tree rules
5	happen	infinitive				anyway property	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Do not post it; it would embarrass him, and anyone can lose balance on a train

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 post	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 post	advmod
3	post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 post	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 embarrass	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 embarrass	nsubj
7	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 embarrass	aux
8	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 post	parataxis
9	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 embarrass	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 lose	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 lose	cc
12	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 lose	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 lose	aux
14	lose	lose	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 post	conj
15	balance	balance	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lose	obj
16	on	on	ADP	_	18 train	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 train	det
18	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 lose	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	not post	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it		vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	embarrass	would	it	him = he		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer
3	lose	can	anyone	balance	a train	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent balance=Eventuality

Option 3

Post it, so he holds on next time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 holds	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 holds	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 holds	nsubj
6	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Post	parataxis
7	on	on	ADP	_	6 holds	compound:prt
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holds	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	hold on	present	he				time		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Post it, but put a funny caption

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Post	post	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Post	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 put	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 put	cc
5	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Post	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 caption	det
7	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 caption	amod
8	caption	caption	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 put	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	post	imperative	you not said here	it					vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	put	infinitive	you not said here	a funny caption					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent caption=Goal

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