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Test 5 · Speed: fast and slow

Ella wants to try the tablecloth trick with Gran's best plates. What's the sensible advice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, sensible advice · What happens: want, try, be · To what, where: tablecloth trick

This is test 5 of lesson 36 «Speed: fast and slow» 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: Ella wants to try the tablecloth trick with Gran's best plates.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 wants	nsubj
2	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 try	mark
4	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 wants	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 trick	det
6	tablecloth	tablecloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 trick	compound
7	trick	trick	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 try	obj
8	with	with	ADP	_	12 plates	case
9	Gran	Gran	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 plates	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 Gran	case
11	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	12 plates	amod
12	plates	plate	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 trick	nmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Ella						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	try not said to happen	to-infinitive	Ella not said here	the tablecloth trick				with Gran's best plates	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP PP.theme PP.attribute»: agent=Agent trick=Patient with plate=Theme

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 the sensible advice?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 advice	det
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 advice	amod
5	advice	advice	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the sensible advice						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Practise with plastic cups; a slow pull drags dishes off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Practise	practise	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drags	nsubj
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 cups	case
3	plastic	plastic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cups	compound
4	cups	cup	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Practise	nmod
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 drags	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 pull	det
7	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 pull	amod
8	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 drags	nsubj
9	drags	drag	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	dishes	dish	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 drags	obj
11	off	off	ADP	_	9 drags	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drag off	present	Practise with plastic cups	dishes					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dish=Theme

Option 2

Use a tablecloth that is wet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 tablecloth	det
3	tablecloth	tablecloth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 wet	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 wet	cop
6	wet	wet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 tablecloth	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a tablecloth					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tablecloth=Patient
2	is	present	a tablecloth					wet property	tree rules

Option 3

Go ahead, it always works

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 works	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 works	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 works	advmod
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					ahead property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	work	present	it					always property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Go ahead, a slow careful pull is safest

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 safest	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 pull	det
5	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pull	amod
6	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 pull	amod
7	pull	pull	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 safest	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 safest	cop
9	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	1 Go	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					ahead property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	a slow careful pull					safe property	tree rules

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