Test 7 · ★★★ · Electric cars and charging
Jake looks under the bonnet of an electric car and finds space for a bag. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Jake · What happens: look, find · To what, where: space
This is test 7 · ★★★ 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: Jake looks under the bonnet of an electric car and finds space for a bag.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jake | Jake | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 looks | nsubj |
| 2 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | under | under | ADP | _ | 5 bonnet | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bonnet | det |
| 5 | bonnet | bonnet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 looks | obl |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 car | case |
| 7 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 car | det |
| 8 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 car | amod |
| 9 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 bonnet | nmod |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 finds | cc |
| 11 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 looks | conj |
| 12 | space | space | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 finds | obj |
| 13 | for | for | ADP | _ | 15 bag | case |
| 14 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 15 bag | det |
| 15 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 finds | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 looks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | present | Jake | under the bonnet of a electric car | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent under bonnet=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find | present | Jake not said here | space | for a bag | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent space=Theme for bag=Beneficiary |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
There is no engine there, so some have a frunk
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | There | there | PRON | PronType=Dem | 2 is | expl |
| 2 | is | be | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 4 engine | det |
| 4 | engine | engine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 is | nsubj |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 2 is | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 have | punct |
| 7 | so | so | ADV | _ | 9 have | advmod |
| 8 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 9 have | nsubj |
| 9 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 is | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 frunk | det |
| 11 | frunk | frunk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | be | present | no engine | there; there | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | have | present | some | a frunk | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frunk=Patient |
Option 2
The battery has fallen out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 battery | det |
| 2 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fallen | nsubj |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fallen | aux |
| 4 | fallen | fall | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 4 fallen | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fall out | present · perfect | the battery | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The engine is hidden in the bag
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 engine | det |
| 2 | engine | engine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 hidden | aux:pass |
| 4 | hidden | hide | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 bag | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 bag | det |
| 7 | bag | bag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 hidden | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | present · passive | the engine | the bag | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Patient in bag=Location |
Option 4
It is where the petrol goes in for the small engine that starts the car
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 | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 goes | cop |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 goes | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 petrol | det |
| 5 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | nsubj |
| 6 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | in | in | ADV | _ | 6 goes | advmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 engine | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 engine | det |
| 10 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 engine | amod |
| 11 | engine | engine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 goes | obl |
| 12 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 13 starts | nsubj |
| 13 | starts | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 engine | acl:relcl |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 car | det |
| 15 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 starts | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for the small engine; go property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | start | present | the small engine | the car | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Eventuality |
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