Test 8 · ★★★ · Electric cars and charging
Ruby reckons an electric car stops at the petrol station. Right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ruby, electric car · What happens: reckon, stop · To what, where: petrol station
This is test 8 · ★★★ 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: Ruby reckons an electric car stops at the petrol station.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 reckons | nsubj |
| 2 | reckons | reckon | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 4 | electric | electric | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 car | amod |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stops | nsubj |
| 6 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 reckons | ccomp |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 station | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 station | det |
| 9 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 station | compound |
| 10 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stops | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 reckons | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reckon | present | Ruby | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | stop | present | a electric car | the petrol station | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at station=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: 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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, it needs a little petrol to start
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 petrol | det |
| 6 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 petrol | amod |
| 7 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 needs | obj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 start | mark |
| 9 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 needs | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | it | a little petrol | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot petrol=Theme | ||||
| 2 | start | to-infinitive | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
No, it charges at a charging point
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 charges | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 charges | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 charges | nsubj |
| 4 | charges | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 point | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 point | det |
| 7 | charging | charging | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 point | compound |
| 8 | point | point | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 charges | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | present | it | a charging point | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at point=Trajectory |
Option 3
Yes, it fills its tyres with fuel
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 fills | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 fills | nsubj |
| 4 | fills | fill | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 tyres | nmod:poss |
| 6 | tyres | tyre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fills | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 fuel | case |
| 8 | fuel | fuel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fills | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fill | present | it | its tyres | with fuel | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent tyre=Patient with fuel=Instrument |
Option 4
No, it never needs any energy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 5 needs | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 needs | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 needs | advmod |
| 5 | needs | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 7 energy | det |
| 7 | energy | energy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 needs | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not need | present | it | any energy | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot energy=Theme |
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