Test 18 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

my cousin reckons ur safe in a car in a storm cos the rubber tyres stop the lightning

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, rubber tyres · What happens: reckon, stop · To what, where: safe, car, lightning

This is test 18 · ★★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 safe	nmod:poss
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 reckons	obj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 car	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 storm	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 storm	det
11	storm	storm	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	obl
12	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	16 stop	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tyres	det
14	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 tyres	compound
15	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 stop	nsubj
16	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	advcl
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 lightning	det
18	lightning	lightning	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 stop	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin	ur's safe		a car		in a storm	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent safe=Attribute
2	stop	present	the rubber tyres	the lightning					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality lightning=Eventuality

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

He is right, rubber tyres are the reason

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	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 reason	punct
5	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 tyres	compound
6	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 reason	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 reason	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	rubber tyres	the reason					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong reason; the metal body carries the current around you, not the tyres

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 reason	amod
2	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 carries	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 body	det
5	metal	metal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 body	compound
6	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carries	nsubj
7	carries	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reason	acl:relcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 current	det
9	current	current	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carries	obj
10	around	around	ADP	_	11 you	case
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 carries	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tyres	punct
13	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 tyres	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 tyres	det
15	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 carries	obl

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

Option 3

He is right, so a soft-top car with rubber tyres is just as safe

The tree, 15 words

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	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 safe	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	17 safe	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 car	det
7	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 top	amod
8	-	-	PUNCT	_	7 soft	punct
9	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 car	amod
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 safe	nsubj
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 tyres	case
12	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tyres	compound
13	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 car	nmod
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 safe	cop
15	just	just	ADV	_	17 safe	advmod
16	as	as	ADV	_	17 safe	advmod
17	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is	present	a top car with rubber tyres					safe property	tree rules

Option 4

He is right, bikes have rubber tyres too

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	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
5	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
7	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tyres	compound
8	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
9	too	too	ADV	_	6 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	have	present	bikes	rubber tyres					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tyre=Patient

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