Test 5 · ★★★ · Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no
In an action film the hero runs along the train roof under the wires. What's real?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hero · What happens: run, be · To what, where: action film
This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 75 «Dares: cliffs, roofs, tombstoning, railways and saying no» 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: In an action film the hero runs along the train roof under the wires.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 4 film | case |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 film | det |
| 3 | action | action | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 film | compound |
| 4 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 runs | obl |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 hero | det |
| 6 | hero | hero | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 runs | nsubj |
| 7 | runs | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | along | along | ADP | _ | 11 roof | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 roof | det |
| 10 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 roof | compound |
| 11 | roof | roof | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 runs | obl |
| 12 | under | under | ADP | _ | 14 wires | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 wires | det |
| 14 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 runs | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 runs | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present | the hero | a action film | along the train roof; under the wires | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in film=Trajectory |
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 real?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 real | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 real | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 real | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Train roofs are safe as long as you keep moving fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 roofs | compound |
| 2 | roofs | roof | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 safe | cop |
| 4 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADV | _ | 6 long | advmod |
| 6 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 safe | advmod |
| 7 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 9 keep | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 keep | nsubj |
| 9 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 long | advcl |
| 10 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 keep | xcomp |
| 11 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 10 moving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Train roofs | long, safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | move | gerund | you not said here | fast property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Electricity can't reach a moving train
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Electricity | electricity | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 reach | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 reach | advmod |
| 4 | reach | reach | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 train | det |
| 6 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 train | amod |
| 7 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 reach | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not reach | can | Electricity | a moving train | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent train=Theme | ||||
| 2 | move | gerund | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Wires only hurt cartoon villains
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 hurt | advmod |
| 3 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 villains | compound |
| 5 | villains | villain | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 hurt | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | past | Wires | cartoon villains | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer villain=Patient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
The wires' power can jump to you and kill
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 wires | det |
| 2 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 power | nmod:poss |
| 3 | ' | 's | PART | _ | 2 wires | case |
| 4 | power | power | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 jump | nsubj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 jump | aux |
| 6 | jump | jump | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 you | case |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 jump | obl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 kill | cc |
| 10 | kill | kill | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 jump | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jump | can | the wires's power | you | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to you=Result | ||||
| 2 | kill | infinitive | the wires's power not said here | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
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