Test 2 · ★ · Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book

"Eh, bud, just bike off, it's only a scratch," says Dylan's buddy in Toronto. What does the law expect of drivers in many countries?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bike, buddy, law · What happens: be, say, expect · To what, where: scratch, many countries · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 89 «Owning up: the broken vase and the lost library book» of the religion ethics 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: "Eh, bud, just bike off, it's only a scratch," says Dylan's buddy in Toronto.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 bud	punct
2	Eh	eh	INTJ	_	4 bud	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bud	punct
4	bud	bud	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	ccomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 bike	punct
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 bike	advmod
7	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bud	appos
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 bike	compound:prt
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 scratch	punct
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 scratch	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 scratch	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	14 scratch	advmod
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 scratch	det
14	scratch	scratch	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bud	conj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 bud	punct
16	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 bud	punct
17	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
18	Dylan	Dylan	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 buddy	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 Dylan	case
20	buddy	buddy	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 says	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 Toronto	case
22	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	Number=Sing	20 buddy	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	17 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	bike	a scratch					tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	Dylan's buddy						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: 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.

Sentence 2: What does the law expect of drivers in many countries?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	5 expect	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 expect	aux
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 expect	nsubj
5	expect	expect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	7 drivers	case
7	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expect	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 countries	case
9	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 countries	amod
10	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 expect	obl
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 expect	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	expect	present · do-support	the law			many countries		of drivers	vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

To drive off as fast as they can so nobody sees them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 drive	mark
2	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	off	off	ADP	_	2 drive	compound:prt
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 fast	advmod
5	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	2 drive	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 can	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 can	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 fast	advcl
9	so	so	ADV	_	11 sees	advmod
10	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 sees	nsubj
11	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 drive	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive off	to-infinitive						fast property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	see	present	nobody	them = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

To leave their name if they hit a parked car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 leave	mark
2	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 name	nmod:poss
4	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 leave	obj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 hit	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hit	nsubj
7	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 leave	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 car	det
9	parked	park	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 car	amod
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	leave	to-infinitive		their name	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Theme
2	hit a condition, not said to happen	past	they	a parked car	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme car=Co-Theme
3	park	participle			vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	name		their = they		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

To wait in the car until the owner happens to find them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 car	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 car	det
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 wait	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 happens	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 owner	det
8	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 happens	nsubj
9	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 wait	advcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 find	mark
11	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 happens	xcomp
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive			the car	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in car=Location
2	happen	present	the owner			tree rules
3	find	to-infinitive	the owner not said here	them = they		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic

Option 4

To scratch the other side so the car looks even again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 scratch	mark
2	scratch	scratch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 side	det
4	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 side	amod
5	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 scratch	obj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	9 looks	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looks	nsubj
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 scratch	advcl
10	even	even	ADV	_	11 again	advmod
11	again	again	ADV	_	9 looks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	scratch	to-infinitive		the other side					vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent side=Theme
2	look	present	the car				again		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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