Test 8 · ★ · Swimming and cycling Maya: "It still rides, so it's fine, innit?" Brakes squeal and are slow. What's true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maya, Brakes · What happens: ride, be, innit, squeal
This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 42 «Swimming and cycling» of the medicine 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: Maya: "It still rides, so it's fine, innit?"
nsubj punct punct nsubj advmod punct advmod expl cop parataxis punct parataxis punct punct root Maya PROPN : PUNCT " PUNCT It PRON still ADV rides VERB , PUNCT so ADV it PRON 's AUX fine ADJ , PUNCT innit VERB ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Maya Maya PROPN Number=Sing 6 rides nsubj 2 : : PUNCT _ 6 rides punct 3 " " PUNCT _ 6 rides punct 4 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 rides nsubj 5 still still ADV _ 6 rides advmod 6 rides ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 , , PUNCT _ 11 fine punct 8 so so ADV _ 11 fine advmod 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 11 fine expl 10 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 fine cop 11 fine fine ADJ Degree=Pos 6 rides parataxis 12 , , PUNCT _ 13 innit punct 13 innit innit VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 11 fine parataxis 14 ? ? PUNCT _ 11 fine punct 15 " " PUNCT _ 6 rides punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ride in a quote present Maya still vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 2 is in a quote present fine property tree rules 3 innit in a quote infinitive 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.
Sentence 2: Brakes squeal and are slow.
nsubj cc cop conj punct root Brakes NOUN squeal VERB and CCONJ are AUX slow ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brakes brake NOUN Number=Plur 2 squeal nsubj 2 squeal squeal VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 and and CCONJ _ 5 slow cc 4 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 slow cop 5 slow slow ADJ Degree=Pos 2 squeal conj 6 . . PUNCT _ 2 squeal punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 squeal present Brakes vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent 2 is present Brakes not said here slow property tree rules
Sentence 3: What's true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON 's AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 true punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present true property tree rules
The options Option 1 · ← Mova's choice Brakes don't matter downhill
nsubj aux advmod advmod root Brakes NOUN do AUX n't PART matter VERB downhill ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Brakes brake NOUN Number=Plur 4 matter nsubj 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 matter aux 3 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 4 matter advmod 4 matter matter VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 downhill downhill ADV _ 4 matter advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not matter present · do-support Brakes downhill property vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
Option 2 Squeaky brakes stop faster than quiet ones
amod nsubj advmod case amod obl root Squeaky ADJ brakes NOUN stop VERB faster ADV than ADP quiet ADJ ones NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Squeaky squeaky ADJ Degree=Pos 2 brakes amod 2 brakes brake NOUN Number=Plur 3 stop nsubj 3 stop stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 faster fast ADV Degree=Cmp 3 stop advmod 5 than than ADP _ 7 ones case 6 quiet quiet ADJ Degree=Pos 7 ones amod 7 ones one NOUN Number=Plur 4 faster obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 stop present Squeaky brakes fast property vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer A bike that can't stop in time isn't safe
det nsubj nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl case obl cop advmod root A DET bike NOUN that PRON ca AUX n't PART stop VERB in ADP time NOUN is AUX n't PART safe ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bike det 2 bike bike NOUN Number=Sing 11 safe nsubj 3 that that PRON PronType=Rel 6 stop nsubj 4 ca can AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 stop aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 stop advmod 6 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 bike acl:relcl 7 in in ADP _ 8 time case 8 time time NOUN Number=Sing 6 stop obl 9 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 11 safe cop 10 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 11 safe advmod 11 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not stop can a bike time vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 2 not is present a bike safe property tree rules
Option 4 If it rides, it's safe enough
mark nsubj advcl punct nsubj cop advmod root If SCONJ it PRON rides VERB , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX safe ADJ enough ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 If if SCONJ _ 3 rides mark 2 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 rides nsubj 3 rides ride VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 safe advcl 4 , , PUNCT _ 3 rides punct 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 safe nsubj 6 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 safe cop 7 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos root root 8 enough enough ADV _ 7 safe advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 ride a condition, not said to happen present it vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent 2 is present it enough, safe property tree rules
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