Test 4 · ★★★ · Electric cars and charging
Mia's friend got a private e-scooter for her birthday and rides it on the street. Is that allowed in the UK?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: friend · What happens: get, ride, allow · To what, where: private e-scooter, e-scooter, street, that, UK
This is test 4 · ★★★ of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» 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: Mia's friend got a private e-scooter for her birthday and rides it on the street.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Mia | Mia | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Mia | case |
| 3 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | nsubj |
| 4 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 e-scooter | det |
| 6 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 e-scooter | amod |
| 7 | e-scooter | e-scooter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obj |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 birthday | case |
| 9 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 birthday | nmod:poss |
| 10 | birthday | birthday | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 got | obl |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 rides | cc |
| 12 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 got | conj |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 rides | obj |
| 14 | on | on | ADP | _ | 16 street | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 street | det |
| 16 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 rides | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Mia's friend | a private e-scooter | for friend's birthday | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent e-scooter=Theme for birthday=Source | |||
| 2 | ride | present | Mia's friend not said here | e-scooter | the street | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location |
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: Is that allowed in the UK?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 2 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 UK | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 UK | det |
| 6 | UK | UK | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 allowed | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 allowed | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | that | the UK | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
No, only on motorways
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 motorways | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 motorways | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 motorways | case |
| 5 | motorways | motorway | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 2
Yes, if she rides fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 rides | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 rides | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 rides | mark |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 rides | nsubj |
| 5 | rides | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 rides | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present | she | fast property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Yes, it is legal for under-tens, as long as a grown-up is watching
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 legal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 legal | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 legal | cop |
| 5 | legal | legal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 tens | case |
| 7 | under | under | ADP | _ | 9 tens | case |
| 8 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 7 under | punct |
| 9 | tens | ten | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 legal | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 long | punct |
| 11 | as | as | ADV | _ | 12 long | advmod |
| 12 | long | long | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 legal | conj |
| 13 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 19 watching | mark |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 up | det |
| 15 | grown | grow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 up | amod |
| 16 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 15 grown | punct |
| 17 | up | up | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 watching | nsubj |
| 18 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 19 watching | aux |
| 19 | watching | watch | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 12 long | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | for tens; legal property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | grow | participle | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | watch | present · progressive | a grown up | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, private e-scooters are illegal on public roads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 illegal | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 e-scooters | amod |
| 4 | e-scooters | e-scooter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 illegal | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 illegal | cop |
| 6 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 roads | case |
| 8 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 roads | amod |
| 9 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 illegal | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | private e-scooters | public roads | illegal property | tree rules |
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