Test 6 · ★★ · Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, stea…

A friend says Toad's caravan was the same as a modern caravan towed by a car. What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, caravan · What happens: say, be, tow · To what, where: modern caravan · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 83 «Toad's Edwardian England: early motor cars, caravans, steam trains, wash day and gold sovereigns» of the history 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 friend says Toad's caravan was the same as a modern caravan towed by a car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 friend	det
2	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 caravan	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 Toad	case
6	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 same	nsubj
7	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 same	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 same	det
9	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 caravan	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 caravan	det
12	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 caravan	amod
13	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 same	obl
14	towed	tow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 caravan	acl
15	by	by	ADP	_	17 car	case
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 car	det
17	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 towed	obl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a friend			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	Toad's caravan		as a modern caravan; same property	tree rules
3	tow	participle		a modern caravan not said here	by a car	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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 wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Toad's caravan was pulled by a horse, as cars were still rare

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 caravan	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Toad	case
3	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pulled	aux:pass
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	by	by	ADP	_	8 horse	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 horse	det
8	horse	horse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obl:agent
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 rare	punct
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	14 rare	mark
11	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 rare	nsubj
12	were	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 rare	cop
13	still	still	ADV	_	14 rare	advmod
14	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pulled	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past · passive	a horse	Toad's caravan					vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme
2	is	past	cars				still	rare property	tree rules

Option 2

Toad's caravan had a big electric motor and batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 caravan	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Toad	case
3	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	nsubj
4	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 motor	det
6	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 motor	amod
7	electric	electric	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 motor	amod
8	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 had	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 batteries	cc
10	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 motor	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	past	Toad's caravan	a big electric motor and batteries					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent motor=Patient

Option 3

Toad's caravan was pulled along by a steam engine on rails

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toad	Toad	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 caravan	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Toad	case
3	caravan	caravan	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	nsubj:pass
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 pulled	aux:pass
5	pulled	pull	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	along	along	ADV	_	5 pulled	advmod
7	by	by	ADP	_	10 engine	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 engine	det
9	steam	steam	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 engine	compound
10	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pulled	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 rails	case
12	rails	rail	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 engine	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past · passive	a steam engine on rails	Toad's caravan				along property	vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme

Option 4

Nothing, it was exactly the same, only yellow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	7 same	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nothing	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 same	nsubj
4	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 same	cop
5	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	7 same	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 same	det
7	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 yellow	punct
9	only	only	ADV	_	10 yellow	advmod
10	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 same	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	past	Nothing					exactly, same property	tree rules
2	be		Nothing not said here						tree rules

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