Test 9 · How a factory works: belts, robots, checks and people

«forklift's quiet, it'll beep if it gets near me, no worries» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: forklift · What happens: be, beep, get · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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 quiet	punct
2	forklift	forklift	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 quiet	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 quiet	cop
4	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 beep	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 beep	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 beep	aux
8	beep	beep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 quiet	parataxis
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 gets	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gets	nsubj
11	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 beep	advcl
12	near	near	ADP	_	13 me	case
13	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 gets	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 worries	punct
15	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	16 worries	det
16	worries	worry	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 beep	parataxis
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 worries	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 right	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 right	cop
20	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 beep	parataxis
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 quiet	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	forklift	quiet property	tree rules
2	beep in a quote	future	forklift		tree rules
3	get a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	forklift	near me	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	is	present		right property	tree rules

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

Forklifts only drive when the factory is empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forklifts	forklift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drive	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 drive	advmod
3	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 empty	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 factory	det
6	factory	factory	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 empty	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 empty	cop
8	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 drive	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	Forklifts						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	the factory					empty property	tree rules

Option 2

Forklifts are too slow to hurt anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forklifts	forklift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slow	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
3	too	too	ADV	_	4 slow	advmod
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 hurt	mark
6	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 slow	xcomp
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Forklifts					slow property	tree rules
2	hurt	to-infinitive	Forklifts not said here	anyone					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anyone=Patient

Option 3

Forklifts always stop by themselves when a person walks near them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forklifts	forklift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 stop	advmod
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 themselves	case
5	themselves	themselves	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	3 stop	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 walks	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 person	det
8	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 walks	nsubj
9	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	advcl
10	near	near	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 walks	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Forklifts					by Forklifts = forklift; always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	walk	present	a person					near Forklifts = forklift	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme near they=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Forklifts are quiet and turn sharply, so keep to the walkways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forklifts	forklift	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 quiet	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quiet	cop
3	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 turn	cc
5	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 quiet	conj
6	sharply	sharply	ADV	_	5 turn	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keep	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 quiet	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 walkways	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 walkways	det
12	walkways	walkway	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Forklifts	quiet property	tree rules
2	turn	present	Forklifts not said here	sharply property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	Forklifts not said here	to the walkways	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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