Test 1 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard

my uncle says when the oil light comes on just ignore it till next week. good idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: uncle, oil light · What happens: say, come on, ignore · To what, where: light · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 17 «Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 uncle	nmod:poss
2	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 comes	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 light	det
6	oil	oil	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 light	compound
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comes	nsubj
8	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 ignore	advcl
9	on	on	ADV	_	8 comes	advmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 ignore	advmod
11	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 says	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ignore	obj
13	till	till	ADP	_	15 week	case
14	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 week	amod
15	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ignore	obl
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
17	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 idea	amod
18	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my uncle			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come on	present	the oil light			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ignore	infinitive		light	week	vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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

Yes, the lights are only decoration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 decoration	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lights	det
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 decoration	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 decoration	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 decoration	advmod
7	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, warning lights mean something should be checked soon

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 mean	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 mean	punct
3	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lights	compound
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mean	nsubj
5	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 checked	advcl
6	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 checked	nsubj:pass
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 checked	aux
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 checked	aux:pass
9	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
10	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 checked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	warning lights						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
2	check	should · passive		something				soon property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Yes, they always come on for no reason at all, every single week

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 come	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 come	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 come	advmod
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	on	on	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 reason	case
8	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	9 reason	det
9	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 come	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 all	case
11	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 reason	nmod
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 week	punct
13	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	15 week	det
14	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 week	amod
15	week	week	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 reason	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come on	present	they					for no reason at all and every single week; always property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, you should break the bulb

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 break	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 break	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 break	aux
5	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bulb	det
7	bulb	bulb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	should	you	the bulb					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bulb=Patient

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