Test 3 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people
On a school trip to a biscuit factory, Sam sees a machine smoking and nobody near it. What may Sam do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sam · What happens: see, do · To what, where: machine smoking, school trip
This is test 3 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
Sentence 1: On a school trip to a biscuit factory, Sam sees a machine smoking and nobody near it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | On | on | ADP | _ | 4 trip | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 trip | det |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trip | compound |
| 4 | trip | trip | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sees | obl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 factory | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 factory | det |
| 7 | biscuit | biscuit | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 factory | compound |
| 8 | factory | factory | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 trip | nmod |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 trip | punct |
| 10 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 11 sees | nsubj |
| 11 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 smoking | det |
| 13 | machine | machine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 smoking | compound |
| 14 | smoking | smoking | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 sees | obj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 nobody | cc |
| 16 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 14 smoking | conj |
| 17 | near | near | ADP | _ | 18 it | case |
| 18 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 16 nobody | nmod |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 11 sees | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | Sam | a machine smoking | a school trip to a biscuit factory | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer smoking=Stimulus |
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 may Sam do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | Sam | Sam | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | may | Sam | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Film it and wait to see what happens next
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Film | film | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Film | obj |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 wait | cc |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Film | conj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 see | mark |
| 6 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 wait | advcl |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 happens | nsubj |
| 8 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 see | ccomp |
| 9 | next | next | ADV | _ | 8 happens | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | film | imperative | you not said here | it | vn transcribe-25.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | see | to-infinitive | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | happen | present | next property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Open the machine and look inside for the fire
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Open | open | 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 Open | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 look | cc |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Open | conj |
| 6 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 5 look | advmod |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 fire | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 fire | det |
| 9 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | open | imperative | you not said here | the machine | vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location machine=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | infinitive | you not said here | for the fire; inside property | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for fire=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Press the emergency stop or shout for a worker straight away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Press | press | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 stop | det |
| 3 | emergency | emergency | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stop | compound |
| 4 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Press | obj |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 shout | cc |
| 6 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Press | conj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 worker | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 worker | det |
| 9 | worker | worker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 shout | obl |
| 10 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 11 away | advmod |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 shout | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | press | imperative | you not said here | the emergency stop | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stop=Theme | ||||
| 2 | shout speech: express | infinitive | you not said here | for a worker; away property | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for worker=Recipient |
Option 4
Nothing, visitors must never touch a stop button, whatever happens
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 touch | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 visitors | punct |
| 3 | visitors | visitor | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Nothing | conj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 touch | aux |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 touch | advmod |
| 6 | touch | touch | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 button | det |
| 8 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 button | compound |
| 9 | button | button | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 touch | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 happens | punct |
| 11 | whatever | whatever | PRON | PronType=Rel | 12 happens | nsubj |
| 12 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 button | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not touch | must | Nothing | a stop button | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme button=Co-Theme | ||||
| 2 | happen | present | whatever | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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