Test 5 · ★ · Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely
You must drop an egg from a window without breaking it. Which idea is best?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, idea · What happens: drop, break, be · To what, where: egg, window
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 3 «Parachutes, skydivers and falling safely» of the physics 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: You must drop an egg from a window without breaking it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | You | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 drop | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 drop | aux |
| 3 | drop | drop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 egg | det |
| 5 | egg | egg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drop | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 window | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 window | det |
| 8 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 drop | obl |
| 9 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 10 breaking | mark |
| 10 | breaking | break | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 3 drop | advcl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 breaking | obj |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 drop | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | must | You | a egg | a window | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent egg=Theme from window=Destination | |||
| 2 | break | gerund | You not said here | egg | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Patient |
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: Which idea is best?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 idea | det |
| 2 | idea | idea | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 best | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 best | cop |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 best | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | which idea | good property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Paint it so it is harder
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paint | paint | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Paint | obj |
| 3 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 harder | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 harder | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 harder | cop |
| 6 | harder | hard | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Paint | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | imperative | you not said here | it | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | hard property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Land it on something soft that stops it slowly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Land | land | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Land | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 something | case |
| 4 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 1 Land | obl |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 something | amod |
| 6 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 stops | nsubj |
| 7 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 something | acl:relcl |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stops | obj |
| 9 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 7 stops | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | imperative | you not said here | it | something | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme on something=Destination | |||
| 2 | stop | present | it | slowly property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality it=Eventuality |
Option 3
Drop it faster so it is quick
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Drop | drop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Drop | obj |
| 3 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Drop | advmod |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 7 quick | advmod |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 quick | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 quick | cop |
| 7 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Drop | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | drop | imperative | you not said here | it | fast property | vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | |||
| 2 | is | present | it | quick property | tree rules |
Option 4
Hold it by a string and let go
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Hold | obj |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 5 string | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 string | det |
| 5 | string | string | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Hold | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 let | cc |
| 7 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hold | conj |
| 8 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold | imperative | you not said here | it | by a string | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme by string=Location | |||
| 2 | let | infinitive | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | you not said here | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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