Test 3 · Sun safety
A family in Texas plans a long bike ride in July. Which time of day is best for the ride?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: family, time · What happens: plan, be · To what, where: long bike ride
This is test 3 of lesson 46 «Sun safety» 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 in Texas plans a long bike ride in July.
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 | 5 plans | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Texas | case |
| 4 | Texas | Texas | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 family | nmod |
| 5 | plans | plan | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 ride | det |
| 7 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 ride | amod |
| 8 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 ride | compound |
| 9 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 plans | obj |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 July | case |
| 11 | July | July | PROPN | Number=Sing | 9 ride | nmod |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 plans | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | plan | present | a family in Texas | a long bike ride | in July | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ride=Topic |
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 time of day is best for the ride?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 time | det |
| 2 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 best | nsubj |
| 3 | of | of | ADP | _ | 4 day | case |
| 4 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 time | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 best | cop |
| 6 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 ride | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ride | det |
| 9 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 best | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which time of day | for the ride; good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Around noon, when it is brightest and warmest
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Around | around | ADP | _ | 2 noon | case |
| 2 | noon | noon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 brightest | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 noon | punct |
| 4 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 7 brightest | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 brightest | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 brightest | cop |
| 7 | brightest | bright | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 warmest | cc |
| 9 | warmest | warm | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 brightest | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | noon | bright property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Early morning, before the strongest sun
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 morning | amod |
| 2 | morning | morning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 sun | punct |
| 4 | before | before | ADP | _ | 7 sun | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 sun | det |
| 6 | strongest | strong | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 7 sun | amod |
| 7 | sun | sun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 morning | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
Early afternoon, after lunch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Early | early | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 afternoon | amod |
| 2 | afternoon | afternoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 afternoon | punct |
| 4 | after | after | ADP | _ | 5 lunch | case |
| 5 | lunch | lunch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 afternoon | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
It makes no difference
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 makes | nsubj |
| 2 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 makes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | It | no difference | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material difference=Product |
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