Test 4 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws
In a cartoon, a knight pushes his cart straight up a cliff. What would a real engineer build?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: knight · What happens: push · To what, where: cart, cartoon
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 34 «Wheels, axles, ramps and screws» 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: In a cartoon, a knight pushes his cart straight up a cliff.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pushes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 knight | det |
| 6 | knight | knight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pushes | nsubj |
| 7 | pushes | push | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 cart | nmod:poss |
| 9 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pushes | obj |
| 10 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 13 cliff | advmod |
| 11 | up | up | ADP | _ | 13 cliff | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 cliff | det |
| 13 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pushes | obl |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 pushes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | present | a knight | knight's cart | a cartoon | up a cliff | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent cart=Theme in cartoon=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 would a real engineer build?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | aux |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 build | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 build | amod |
| 5 | engineer | engineer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 build | compound |
| 6 | build | build | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Square wheels on the cart, so it grips the rock better
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Square | square | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wheels | compound |
| 2 | wheels | wheel | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 grips | nsubj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 cart | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 cart | det |
| 5 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 wheels | nmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 grips | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 grips | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 grips | nsubj |
| 9 | grips | grip | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 rock | det |
| 11 | rock | rock | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 grips | obj |
| 12 | better | well | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 9 grips | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | grip | present | Square wheels on the cart | the rock | well property | vn touch-20-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rock=Experiencer |
Option 2
A heavier cart
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cart | det |
| 2 | heavier | heavy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 cart | amod |
| 3 | cart | cart | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
A long, gentle ramp or a zigzag road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 ramp | det |
| 2 | long | long | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ramp | amod |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 long | punct |
| 4 | gentle | gentle | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 ramp | amod |
| 5 | ramp | ramp | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 road | cc |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 road | det |
| 8 | zigzag | zigzag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 road | compound |
| 9 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ramp | conj |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 4
A taller cliff
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cliff | det |
| 2 | taller | tall | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 cliff | amod |
| 3 | cliff | cliff | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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