Test 7 · ★★ · Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests Charlie drops a book and a flat sheet of paper; the book wins. Then he lays the paper flat on top of the book. What happens?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Charlie, book · What happens: drop, win, lay, happen · To what, where: book, paper, top
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Let's test it! Experiments and fair tests» of the myths 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: Charlie drops a book and a flat sheet of paper; the book wins.
nsubj det obj cc det amod conj case nmod punct det nsubj conj punct root Charlie PROPN drops VERB a DET book NOUN and CCONJ a DET flat ADJ sheet NOUN of ADP paper NOUN ; PUNCT the DET book NOUN wins VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Charlie Charlie PROPN Number=Sing 2 drops nsubj 2 drops drop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 book det 4 book book NOUN Number=Sing 2 drops obj 5 and and CCONJ _ 8 sheet cc 6 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 8 sheet det 7 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos 8 sheet amod 8 sheet sheet NOUN Number=Sing 4 book conj 9 of of ADP _ 10 paper case 10 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 8 sheet nmod 11 ; ; PUNCT _ 14 wins punct 12 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 book det 13 book book NOUN Number=Sing 14 wins nsubj 14 wins win VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 drops conj 15 . . PUNCT _ 2 drops punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 drop present Charlie a book and a flat sheet of paper vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Theme 2 win present the book vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
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: Then he lays the paper flat on top of the book.
advmod nsubj det obj xcomp case obl case det nmod punct root Then ADV he PRON lays VERB the DET paper NOUN flat ADJ on ADP top NOUN of ADP the DET book NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Then then ADV PronType=Dem 3 lays advmod 2 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 lays nsubj 3 lays lay VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 paper det 5 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 3 lays obj 6 flat flat ADJ Degree=Pos 3 lays xcomp 7 on on ADP _ 8 top case 8 top top NOUN Number=Sing 3 lays obl 9 of of ADP _ 11 book case 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 book det 11 book book NOUN Number=Sing 8 top nmod 12 . . PUNCT _ 3 lays punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 lay present Charlie the paper top of the book then flat property vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent paper=Theme on top=Destination
Sentence 3: What happens?
nsubj punct root What PRON happens VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 2 happens nsubj 2 happens happen VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 ? ? PUNCT _ 2 happens punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 happen present vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
The options Option 1 The paper falls first and lands under the book
det nsubj advmod cc conj case det obl root The DET paper NOUN falls VERB first ADV and CCONJ lands VERB under ADP the DET book NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 paper det 2 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 3 falls nsubj 3 falls fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 first first ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Ord 3 falls advmod 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 lands cc 6 lands land VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 falls conj 7 under under ADP _ 9 book case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 book det 9 book book NOUN Number=Sing 6 lands obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall present the paper first property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 land present the paper not said here the book vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme under book=Destination
Option 2 The book falls slower because of the paper
det nsubj xcomp case fixed det obl root The DET book NOUN falls VERB slower ADJ because ADP of ADP the DET paper NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 book det 2 book book NOUN Number=Sing 3 falls nsubj 3 falls fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 slower slow ADJ Degree=Cmp 3 falls xcomp 5 because because ADP ExtPos=ADP 8 paper case 6 of of ADP _ 5 because fixed 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 paper det 8 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 3 falls obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall present the book because the paper; slow property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 The paper flies off and floats away
det nsubj compound:prt cc conj advmod root The DET paper NOUN flies VERB off ADP and CCONJ floats VERB away ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 The the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 2 paper det 2 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 3 flies nsubj 3 flies fly VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 off off ADP _ 3 flies compound:prt 5 and and CCONJ _ 6 floats cc 6 floats float VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 flies conj 7 away away ADV _ 6 floats advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fly off present the paper vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 float away present the paper not said here away property vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer They fall together, because the book shields the paper from air
nsubj advmod punct mark det nsubj parataxis det obj case obl root They PRON fall VERB together ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ the DET book NOUN shields VERB the DET paper NOUN from ADP air NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 They they PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 fall nsubj 2 fall fall VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 together together ADV _ 2 fall advmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 8 shields punct 5 because because SCONJ _ 8 shields mark 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 book det 7 book book NOUN Number=Sing 8 shields nsubj 8 shields shield VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 2 fall parataxis 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 paper det 10 paper paper NOUN Number=Sing 8 shields obj 11 from from ADP _ 12 air case 12 air air NOUN Number=Sing 8 shields obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 fall together present They together property vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 shield present the book the paper air tree rules
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