Test 7 · ★★ · Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to…

«treadmill at the gym, that's from prison?? no way» Is it true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: that, treadmill · What happens: be · To what, where: prison

This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 84 «Gaols, magistrates and old punishments: from the stocks to the Children Act of 1908» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	2 treadmill	punct
2	treadmill	treadmill	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 true	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 gym	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gym	det
5	gym	gym	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 treadmill	nmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 prison	punct
7	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 prison	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 prison	cop
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 prison	case
10	prison	prison	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 treadmill	conj
11	??	??	PUNCT	_	13 way	punct
12	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	13 way	det
13	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 prison	appos
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 way	punct
15	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 true	cop
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 true	nsubj
17	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	that			prison			tree rules
2	is	present	treadmill at the gym and prison					true 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, the treadmill was invented for gyms in the 1990s

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 invented	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 treadmill	det
4	treadmill	treadmill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 invented	nsubj:pass
5	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 invented	aux:pass
6	invented	invent	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 gyms	case
8	gyms	gym	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 invented	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 1990s	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 1990s	det
11	1990s	1990s	NOUN	Number=Ptan NumForm=Combi NumType=Card	6 invented	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	invent	past · passive		the treadmill		the 1990s		for gyms	vn create-26.4-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Result for gym=Beneficiary

Option 2

No, a treadmill is a mill that grinds the treads for tyres

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 mill	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 treadmill	det
4	treadmill	treadmill	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mill	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mill	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 mill	det
7	mill	mill	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 grinds	nsubj
9	grinds	grind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 mill	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 treads	det
11	treads	tread	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grinds	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	13 tyres	case
13	tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 grinds	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a treadmill	a mill					tree rules
2	grind	present	a mill	the treads				for tyres	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent tread=Product for tyre=Beneficiary

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Yes, Victorian prisoners walked on treadwheels as hard labour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 walked	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 walked	punct
3	Victorian	victorian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 prisoners	amod
4	prisoners	prisoner	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	nsubj
5	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 treadwheels	case
7	treadwheels	treadwheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walked	obl
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 labour	case
9	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 labour	amod
10	labour	labour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	past	Victorian prisoners			treadwheels		as hard labour	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on treadwheel=Trajectory

Option 4

Yes, but only in Australia

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 Australia	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 Australia	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 Australia	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 Australia	case
6	Australia	Australia	PROPN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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