Test 11 · Inside a car: engine, gears and the dashboard
Leo wants to stand behind the car to wave while Dad starts it. What's the rule?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, Dad, rule · What happens: want, stand, wave, start, be · To what, where: car
This is test 11 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
Sentence 1: Leo wants to stand behind the car to wave while Dad starts it.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leo | Leo | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 wants | nsubj |
| 2 | wants | want | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 stand | mark |
| 4 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 wants | xcomp |
| 5 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 7 car | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 car | det |
| 7 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 stand | obl |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 wave | mark |
| 9 | wave | wave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 stand | advcl |
| 10 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 starts | mark |
| 11 | Dad | Dad | PROPN | Number=Sing | 12 starts | nsubj |
| 12 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 wave | ccomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 starts | obj |
| 14 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 wants | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | want | present | Leo | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stand not said to happen | to-infinitive | Leo not said here | the car | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind car=Location | ||||
| 3 | wave | to-infinitive | Leo not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | start | present | Dad | car | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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.
Sentence 2: What's the rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's fine if you wave a lot
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 wave | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 wave | nsubj |
| 6 | wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 lot | det |
| 8 | lot | lot | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 wave | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wave a condition, not said to happen | present | you | a lot | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lot=Patient |
Option 2
Only stand in front of it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 stand | advmod |
| 2 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 front | case |
| 4 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 6 it | case |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | imperative | you not said here | front of front | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in front=Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never stand behind a car with its engine running
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 stand | advmod |
| 2 | stand | stand | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 car | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | obl |
| 6 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 engine | case |
| 7 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 engine | nmod:poss |
| 8 | engine | engine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 stand | obl |
| 9 | running | run | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 engine | acl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not stand | imperative | you not said here | a car | with car's engine | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind car=Location | |||
| 2 | run | gerund | car's engine not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
It's fine if the car is small and the driver is your own dad
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 fine | expl |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | cop |
| 3 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 small | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 car | det |
| 6 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 small | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 small | cop |
| 8 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 fine | advcl |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 dad | cc |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 driver | det |
| 11 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 dad | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 dad | cop |
| 13 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 dad | nmod:poss |
| 14 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 15 dad | amod |
| 15 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 small | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the car | small property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | the driver | your own dad | tree rules |
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