Test 2 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people
«belt's jammed, just reach in and yank the box out quick» What should a worker do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: worker · What happens: jam, reach, yank out, do · To what, where: belt, box
This is test 2 of lesson 1 «How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people» of the technology 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 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 jammed | punct |
| 2 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 jammed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 jammed | aux:pass |
| 4 | jammed | jam | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 reach | punct |
| 6 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 reach | advmod |
| 7 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 jammed | parataxis |
| 8 | in | in | ADV | _ | 7 reach | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 yank | cc |
| 10 | yank | yank | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 reach | conj |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 box | det |
| 12 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 yank | obj |
| 13 | out | out | ADP | _ | 10 yank | compound:prt |
| 14 | quick | quick | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 yank | xcomp |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 jammed | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 20 do | obj |
| 17 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 do | aux |
| 18 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 19 worker | det |
| 19 | worker | worker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 20 do | nsubj |
| 20 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 jammed | ccomp |
| 21 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 jammed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | jam in a quote | present · passive | belt | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | reach in a quote | infinitive | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | yank out in a quote | present | the box | quick property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent box=Patient | ||||
| 4 | do | should | a worker | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
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
Reach in fast while the belt is still moving slowly, it's quicker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Reach | advmod |
| 3 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 1 Reach | advmod |
| 4 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 9 moving | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 belt | det |
| 6 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 moving | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 moving | aux |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 moving | advmod |
| 9 | moving | move | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Reach | advcl |
| 10 | slowly | slowly | ADV | _ | 9 moving | advmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 quicker | punct |
| 12 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 quicker | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 quicker | cop |
| 14 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Reach | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reach | imperative | you not said here | fast property | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | move | present · progressive | the belt | still | slowly property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | is | present | belt | quick property | tree rules |
Option 2
Pour water on the rollers to free the box
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pour | pour | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | water | water | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obj |
| 3 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 rollers | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 rollers | det |
| 5 | rollers | roller | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Pour | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 free | mark |
| 7 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 box | amod |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 box | det |
| 9 | box | box | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Pour | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pour | imperative | you not said here | water | the rollers | the free box obl | vn preparing-26.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent water=Patient |
Option 3
Kick the belt until it starts moving again
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kick | kick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 belt | det |
| 3 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Kick | obj |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 6 starts | mark |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 starts | nsubj |
| 6 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Kick | advcl |
| 7 | moving | move | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 starts | xcomp |
| 8 | again | again | ADV | _ | 7 moving | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | kick | imperative | you not said here | the belt | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent belt=Patient | ||||
| 2 | start | present | belt | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | move | gerund | belt not said here | again | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Stop the machine with the stop button first and never reach in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 machine | det |
| 3 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stop | obj |
| 4 | with | with | ADP | _ | 7 button | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 button | det |
| 6 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 button | compound |
| 7 | button | button | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Stop | obl |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Stop | advmod |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 reach | cc |
| 10 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 11 reach | advmod |
| 11 | reach | reach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 reach | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | the machine | with the stop button; first property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality PP.subeventuality»: agent=Affector machine=Eventuality with button=Subeventuality | |||
| 2 | not reach in | infinitive | you not said here | vn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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