Test 6 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags
Ted's playing hide and seek behind a parked car. What's the rule?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: rule · What happens: play, seek, park, be · To what, where: parked car
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 18 «Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags» 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: Ted's playing hide and seek behind a parked car.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ted | Ted | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 hide | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ted | case |
| 3 | playing | play | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 hide | amod |
| 4 | hide | hide | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 seek | cc |
| 6 | seek | seek | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 hide | conj |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 10 car | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 car | det |
| 9 | parked | park | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 10 car | amod |
| 10 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 seek | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 hide | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | play | gerund | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | seek | infinitive | a parked car | vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent behind car=Location | |||||
| 3 | park | participle | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
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 the car is small
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 |
| # | 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 |
Option 2
It's fine if you crouch down low
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 crouch | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 crouch | nsubj |
| 6 | crouch | crouch | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | down | down | ADV | _ | 6 crouch | advmod |
| 8 | low | low | ADV | Degree=Pos | 6 crouch | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | crouch down a condition, not said to happen | present | you | down, low property | vn spatial_configuration-47.6 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never play behind or near parked cars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 play | advmod |
| 2 | play | play | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | behind | behind | ADV | _ | 2 play | advmod |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 5 near | cc |
| 5 | near | near | ADP | _ | 3 behind | conj |
| 6 | parked | park | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 cars | amod |
| 7 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 play | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not play | imperative | you not said here | parked cars | behind property | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme | |||
| 2 | park | participle | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
It's fine if the engine is off for a minute
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 off | mark |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 engine | det |
| 6 | engine | engine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 off | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 off | cop |
| 8 | off | off | ADV | _ | 3 fine | advcl |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 minute | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 minute | det |
| 11 | minute | minute | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 off | obl |
| # | 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 engine | minute | off property | tree rules |
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