Test 12 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

in the car in the storm, are we safe

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we · What happens: be · To what, where: car

This is test 12 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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	in	in	ADP	_	3 car	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 car	det
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 safe	obl
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 storm	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 storm	det
6	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 car	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 car	punct
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
9	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 safe	nsubj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	we			the car in the storm		safe property	tree rules

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

No, open the windows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 open	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 windows	det
5	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 open	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the windows					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location window=Theme

Option 2

No, cars attract lightning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 attract	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 attract	nsubj
4	attract	attract	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 attract	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attract	present	cars	lightning					vn lure-59.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lightning=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, the metal body carries the current around us

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 carries	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 body	det
4	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 body	compound
5	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carries	nsubj
6	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 current	det
8	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 carries	obj
9	around	around	ADP	_	10 us	case
10	us	we	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 carries	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	the metal body	the current				around us	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent current=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, because of the rubber tyres, they stop it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	10 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	because	because	ADP	ExtPos=ADP	7 tyres	case
4	of	of	ADP	_	3 because	fixed
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tyres	det
6	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tyres	compound
7	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stop	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tyres	punct
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stop	nsubj
10	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	tyres = tyre	it				because the rubber tyres	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality

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