Test 2 · ★ · Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe
A pet dog is loose on the back seat. What could happen in a crash?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: pet dog · What happens: be, happen · To what, where: back seat, crash
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 37 «Seat belts, crashes and keeping safe» 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: A pet dog is loose on the back seat.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 dog | det |
| 2 | pet | pet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 dog | compound |
| 3 | dog | dog | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loose | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 loose | cop |
| 5 | loose | loose | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 seat | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 seat | det |
| 8 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 seat | compound |
| 9 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loose | obl |
| 10 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 loose | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a pet dog | the back seat | loose property | tree rules |
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 could happen in a crash?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 crash | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 crash | det |
| 6 | crash | crash | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 happen | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | a crash | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in crash=Location |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
It would keep moving forward and fly through the car
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 keep | aux |
| 3 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 keep | xcomp |
| 5 | forward | forward | ADV | _ | 4 moving | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 fly | cc |
| 7 | fly | fly | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 keep | conj |
| 8 | through | through | ADP | _ | 10 car | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 car | det |
| 10 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 fly | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | would | It | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | move forward | gerund | forward property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | fly | infinitive | the car | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through car=Location |
Option 2
It would stay still on the seat, because it is so light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | nsubj |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 stay | aux |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | still | still | ADV | _ | 3 stay | advmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 seat | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 seat | det |
| 7 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 light | punct |
| 9 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 13 light | mark |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 light | nsubj |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 light | cop |
| 12 | so | so | ADV | _ | 13 light | advmod |
| 13 | light | light | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 stay | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | would | It | the seat | still | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on seat=Location | |||
| 2 | is | present | seat | light property | tree rules |
Option 3
It would be pushed into the back window
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 pushed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 pushed | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 pushed | aux:pass |
| 4 | pushed | push | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | into | into | ADP | _ | 8 window | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 window | det |
| 7 | back | back | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 window | compound |
| 8 | window | window | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 pushed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | push | would · passive | It | the back window | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme into window=Destination |
Option 4
Nothing, dogs always land on their feet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 dogs | compound |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | dogs | dog | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 land | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 land | advmod |
| 5 | land | land | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 feet | case |
| 7 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 feet | nmod:poss |
| 8 | feet | foot | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 land | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | land | present | Nothing dogs | dogs's feet | always property | vn pocket-9.10-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent on foot=Destination |
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