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Test 4 · ★ · Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back…

In a cartoon, a boy gets stuck at the top of a big wheel and it rolls away down the street. What's the truth?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: wheel, truth · What happens: stick, roll away, be · To what, where: boy, cartoon, street

This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 7 «Chased, trapped, frightened: scary moments that come back at night» of the reflection 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 boy gets stuck at the top of a big wheel and it rolls away down the street.

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	8 stuck	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 cartoon	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	nsubj:pass
7	gets	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	aux:pass
8	stuck	stick	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 top	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 top	det
11	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stuck	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 wheel	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 wheel	det
14	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 wheel	amod
15	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 top	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 rolls	cc
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 rolls	nsubj
18	rolls	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stuck	conj
19	away	away	ADV	_	18 rolls	advmod
20	down	down	ADP	_	22 street	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 street	det
22	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 rolls	obl
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 stuck	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stick	present · passive		a boy		a cartoon		at the top of a big wheel	vn spray-9.7-1 «NP V NP PP.destination-Conative»: subject=Theme at top=Destination
2	roll away	present	wheel			the street		away property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme down street=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's the truth?

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	4 truth	det
4	truth	truth	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Rides only ever stop when they are about to break

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rides	ride	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stop	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	4 stop	advmod
3	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 stop	advmod
4	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 about	advmod
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 about	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 about	cop
8	about	about	ADV	_	4 stop	advmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 break	mark
10	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 about	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	infinitive	Rides				ever		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	is	present	Rides = ride					about property	tree rules
3	break	to-infinitive	Rides = ride not said here						vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient

Option 2

Getting stuck once means the whole ride is broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 means	csubj
2	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Getting	xcomp
3	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Getting	advmod
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 ride	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ride	amod
7	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 broken	nsubj:pass
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 broken	aux:pass
9	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 means	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	gerund						once, stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	mean	present	Getting						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	break	present · passive		the whole ride					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real rides are checked a lot and are very safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 rides	amod
2	rides	ride	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 checked	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 checked	aux:pass
4	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lot	det
6	lot	lot	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 checked	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 safe	cc
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
9	very	very	ADV	_	10 safe	advmod
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 checked	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	check	present · passive		Real rides					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP.attribute»: subject=Theme lot=Attribute
2	is	present						safe property	tree rules

Option 4

Big wheels often roll away when they stop at the top

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 wheels	amod
2	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 roll	nsubj
3	often	often	ADV	_	4 roll	advmod
4	roll	roll	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 roll	advmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 stop	advmod
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stop	nsubj
8	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 roll	advcl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 top	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 top	det
11	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	roll away	present	Big wheels					away, often property	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	present	wheels = wheel			the top			vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at top=Location

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