Test 11 · ★★ · Boasting cousins and made-up holidays
In a film a boy really flies a passenger plane on holiday. What is true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: fly, be · To what, where: passenger plane, film, real life
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 435 «Boasting cousins and made-up holidays» 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: In a film a boy really flies a passenger plane on holiday.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flies | obl |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 boy | det |
| 5 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flies | nsubj |
| 6 | really | really | ADV | _ | 7 flies | advmod |
| 7 | flies | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 plane | det |
| 9 | passenger | passenger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 plane | compound |
| 10 | plane | plane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flies | obj |
| 11 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 holiday | case |
| 12 | holiday | holiday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 flies | obl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 flies | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | a boy | a passenger plane | a film | on holiday | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent plane=Theme in film=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: What is true in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Anyone can fly if the pilot agrees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 fly | nsubj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 fly | aux |
| 3 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 agrees | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pilot | det |
| 6 | pilot | pilot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 agrees | nsubj |
| 7 | agrees | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fly | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | can | Anyone | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen | present | the pilot | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Children often fly planes if their parents agree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fly | nsubj |
| 2 | often | often | ADV | _ | 3 fly | advmod |
| 3 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | planes | plane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 fly | obj |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 agree | mark |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 parents | nmod:poss |
| 7 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 agree | nsubj |
| 8 | agree | agree | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fly | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | Children | planes | often property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location plane=Theme | |||
| 2 | agree speech: agree a condition, not said to happen | present | Children's parents | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Planes fly themselves with kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planes | plane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fly | nsubj |
| 2 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | themselves | themselves | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 2 fly | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 5 kids | case |
| 5 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fly | present | Planes | Planes = plane | with kids | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location themselves=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Only trained pilots fly; kids may visit the cockpit
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 trained | advmod |
| 2 | trained | train | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 pilots | amod |
| 3 | pilots | pilot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fly | nsubj |
| 4 | fly | fly | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 visit | punct |
| 6 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 visit | nsubj |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 visit | aux |
| 8 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fly | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 cockpit | det |
| 10 | cockpit | cockpit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 visit | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | participle | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | fly | present | trained pilots | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | visit | may | kids | the cockpit | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cockpit=Co-Agent |
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