Test 1 · Bike helmets and roads
«It's not even the law, so I'm not bothering». What's the smart answer?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: It, I, smart answer · What happens: not be, not bother, be · To what, where: law
This is test 1 of lesson 72 «Bike helmets and roads» 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: «It's not even the law, so I'm not bothering».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 law | punct |
| 2 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 law | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 law | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 law | advmod |
| 5 | even | even | ADV | _ | 7 law | advmod |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 law | det |
| 7 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 bothering | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 bothering | advmod |
| 10 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 13 bothering | nsubj |
| 11 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 bothering | aux |
| 12 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 13 bothering | advmod |
| 13 | bothering | bother | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 7 law | parataxis |
| 14 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 13 bothering | punct |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 law | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a in a quote | present | It | the law | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not bother in a quote | present · progressive | I | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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's the smart answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | smart | smart | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the smart answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
It protects your head; that's the point
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 protects | nsubj |
| 2 | protects | protect | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 head | nmod:poss |
| 4 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protects | obj |
| 5 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 point | punct |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 point | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 point | cop |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 point | det |
| 9 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 protects | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | protect | present | It | your head | vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent head=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | that | the point | tree rules |
Option 2
Only grown-ups need protecting
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 4 ups | advmod |
| 2 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 ups | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 grown | punct |
| 4 | ups | up | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 need | nsubj |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | protecting | protect | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 need | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | need | present | grown ups | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | protect not said to happen | gerund | grown ups not said here | vn defend-72.3 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
If it's not the law, then it doesn't matter at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 law | mark |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 law | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 law | cop |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 6 law | advmod |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 law | det |
| 6 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 matter | advcl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 law | punct |
| 8 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 12 matter | advmod |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 matter | nsubj |
| 10 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 matter | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 matter | advmod |
| 12 | matter | matter | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 13 | at | at | ADP | _ | 14 all | case |
| 14 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 matter | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a a condition, not said to happen | present | it | the law | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not matter | present · do-support | it | all | then | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
Helmets only work if it's the law
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Helmets | helmet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 law | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 law | expl |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 law | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 law | det |
| 8 | law | law | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 work | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Helmets | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is a a condition, not said to happen | present | Helmets not said here | the law | tree rules |
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