Test 11 · Bike helmets and roads
Grace: «I'll just ride on the road, it's the same thing». What's the difference?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, road, difference · What happens: ride, be · To what, where: road, same thing
This is test 11 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: Grace: «I'll just ride on the road, it's the same thing».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Grace | Grace | PROPN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 7 ride | punct |
| 3 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 ride | punct |
| 4 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 ride | nsubj |
| 5 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 ride | aux |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 ride | advmod |
| 7 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Grace | parataxis |
| 8 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 road | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 road | det |
| 10 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ride | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 16 thing | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 thing | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 16 thing | cop |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 thing | det |
| 15 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 thing | amod |
| 16 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ride | parataxis |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 16 thing | punct |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Grace | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride in a quote | future | I | the road | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | road | the same thing | 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: What's the difference?
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 | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the difference | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
There is no difference at all
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 difference | det |
| 4 | difference | difference | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 all | case |
| 6 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 difference | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no difference at all | there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Roads are smoother, so it's easier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 smoother | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 smoother | cop |
| 3 | smoother | smooth | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 easier | punct |
| 5 | so | so | ADV | _ | 8 easier | advmod |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 easier | expl |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 easier | cop |
| 8 | easier | easy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 smoother | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Roads | smooth property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is | present | Roads not said here | easy property | tree rules |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Traffic needs extra skills the park doesn't teach
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Traffic | traffic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 needs | nsubj |
| 2 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | extra | extra | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 skills | amod |
| 4 | skills | skill | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 needs | obj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 park | det |
| 6 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 teach | nsubj |
| 7 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 teach | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 teach | advmod |
| 9 | teach | teach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 skills | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Traffic | extra skills | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot skill=Theme | ||||
| 2 | not teach speech: other | present · do-support | the park | extra skills not said here | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent skill=Recipient |
Option 4
Cars always have to give way to children on bikes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 have | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 have | advmod |
| 3 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 give | mark |
| 5 | give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 have | xcomp |
| 6 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 give | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 give | obl |
| 9 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 bikes | case |
| 10 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | have | present | Cars | always property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | give | to-infinitive | Cars not said here | way | children | bikes | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient PP.asset»: agent=Agent way=Theme to child=Recipient on bike=Asset |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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