Test 4 · ★★ · Pulleys, gears and big machines

your mum says lifts can fall like in films. should you panic?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mum, lifts, you · What happens: say, fall, panic · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 35 «Pulleys, gears and big machines» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mum	nmod:poss
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	lifts	lift	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fall	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 fall	aux
6	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
7	like	like	ADP	_	9 films	case
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 films	case
9	films	film	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 fall	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 fall	punct
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 panic	aux
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 panic	nsubj
13	panic	panic	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 fall	conj
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	your mum		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	fall	can	lifts	like films	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	panic	should	you		vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: 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.

The options

Option 1

No, lifts float on air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 float	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 float	punct
3	lifts	lift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 float	nsubj
4	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 air	case
6	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 float	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	lifts			air			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on air=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, lifts have several cables and safety brakes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 have	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	lifts	lift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	several	several	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cables	amod
6	cables	cable	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 brakes	cc
8	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 brakes	compound
9	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 cables	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	lifts	several cables and safety brakes					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cable=Patient

Option 3

Yes, they hang on only one thin cable that can snap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 hang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 hang	nsubj
4	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	9 cable	case
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 one	advmod
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 cable	nummod
8	thin	thin	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 cable	amod
9	cable	cable	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hang	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 snap	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 snap	aux
12	snap	snap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 cable	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	they			one thin cable			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on cable=Location
2	snap	can	one thin cable						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, lifts fall all the time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 fall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lifts	lift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fall	nsubj
4	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 time	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 time	det
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fall	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	present	lifts				time		vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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