Test 9 · Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop

Why should you step off a small boat carefully, with a hand on the jetty?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: step off · To what, where: small boat

This is test 9 of lesson 4 «Pushes and pulls: what makes things move and stop» 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 step	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 step	aux
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 step	nsubj
4	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 step	compound:prt
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boat	det
7	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 boat	amod
8	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 step	obj
9	carefully	carefully	ADV	_	4 step	advmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 hand	punct
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 hand	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 hand	det
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 step	obl
14	on	on	ADP	_	16 jetty	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 jetty	det
16	jetty	jetty	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hand	nmod
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 step	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step off	should	you	a small boat				with a hand on the jetty; carefully property	vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location boat=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.

The options

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

Your push can send the boat away and you into the water

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 push	nmod:poss
2	push	push	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 send	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 send	aux
4	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 boat	det
6	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 send	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 send	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 you	cc
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 send	conj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 water	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 water	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 send	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send away	can	Your push	the boat		the water		away property	vn fire-10.10 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
2	push		Your						nom push «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

The jetty pushes you back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 jetty	det
2	jetty	jetty	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushes	nsubj
3	pushes	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 pushes	obj
5	back	back	ADV	_	3 pushes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push back	present	the jetty	you					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

Jetties are always slippery

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jetties	jetty	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slippery	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slippery	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 slippery	advmod
4	slippery	slippery	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Jetties					always, slippery property	tree rules

Option 4

Boats sink when you stand up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sink	nsubj
2	sink	sink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 stand	advmod
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stand	nsubj
5	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 sink	advcl
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 stand	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sink	present	Boats						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	stand up	present	you						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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