Test 8 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags

The parking sensor isn't beeping, so there's no one behind the car. Right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: parking sensor, one · What happens: not beep, be

This is test 8 · ★ 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: The parking sensor isn't beeping, so there's no one behind the car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 sensor	det
2	parking	parking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 sensor	compound
3	sensor	sensor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 beeping	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 beeping	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 beeping	advmod
6	beeping	beep	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 's	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 's	advmod
9	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	10 's	expl
10	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 beeping	parataxis
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 one	det
12	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 's	nsubj
13	behind	behind	ADP	_	15 car	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 car	det
15	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 one	nmod
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 beeping	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not beep	present · progressive	the parking sensor						vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	be	present	no one behind the car			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

Sentence 2: Right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

The options

Option 1

Yes, the sensor never misses anything, even a small child or a cat

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 misses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sensor	det
4	sensor	sensor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 misses	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 misses	advmod
6	misses	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 misses	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 child	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 child	advmod
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 child	det
11	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 child	amod
12	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anything	conj
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 cat	cc
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 cat	det
15	cat	cat	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 anything	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not miss	present	the sensor	anything					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

Option 2

Yes, if the screen is dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 dark	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 dark	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 screen	det
5	screen	screen	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 dark	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 dark	cop
7	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the screen					dark property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, sensors don't see everything; still stay clear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	sensors	sensor	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 see	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 see	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 see	advmod
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 see	obj
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 stay	punct
9	still	still	ADV	_	10 stay	advmod
10	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 see	conj
11	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stay	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	present · do-support	sensors	everything					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer everything=Stimulus
2	stay	infinitive	sensors not said here				still	clear property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

No, the sensor only sees walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 sees	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 sensor	det
4	sensor	sensor	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sees	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 sees	advmod
6	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sees	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	the sensor	walls					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer wall=Stimulus

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