Test 3 · ★★ · Riding a bike or a scooter safely
A boy in Seattle is cycling home at dusk in dark clothes with no lights. What is the biggest danger?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, biggest danger · What happens: cycle, be · To what, where: dark clothes
This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» 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 boy in Seattle is cycling home at dusk in dark clothes with no lights.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cycling | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Seattle | case |
| 4 | Seattle | Seattle | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 cycling | aux |
| 6 | cycling | cycle | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 7 | home | home | ADV | _ | 6 cycling | advmod |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 dusk | case |
| 9 | dusk | dusk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 cycling | obl |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 clothes | case |
| 11 | dark | dark | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 clothes | amod |
| 12 | clothes | clothes | NOUN | Number=Ptan | 6 cycling | obl |
| 13 | with | with | ADP | _ | 15 lights | case |
| 14 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 15 lights | det |
| 15 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 clothes | nmod |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 cycling | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cycle | present · progressive | a boy in Seattle | dark clothes with no lights | dusk | home property | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=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 biggest danger?
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 | 5 danger | det |
| 4 | biggest | big | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 danger | amod |
| 5 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the biggest danger | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
His tyres may go flat
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 tyres | nmod:poss |
| 2 | tyres | tyre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 go | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 go | aux |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | flat | flat | ADV | _ | 4 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | may | His tyres | flat property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Drivers may not see him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 see | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 see | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 see | advmod |
| 4 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 see | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | may | Drivers | him = he | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 3
His bike may get cold
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 bike | nmod:poss |
| 2 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | cold | cold | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 get | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | may | His bike | cold property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4
He may get lost easily in the dark
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | easily | easily | ADV | _ | 4 lost | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 dark | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 dark | det |
| 8 | dark | dark | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | may · passive | He | the dark | easily property | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
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