Test 9 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights
Ruby's bike wheel got stuck in a tram rail. What should she do next time?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: bike wheel, wheel · What happens: get, do
This is test 9 of lesson 20 «Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights» 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's bike wheel got stuck in a tram rail.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ruby | Ruby | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 wheel | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Ruby | case |
| 3 | bike | bike | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 wheel | compound |
| 4 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 got | nsubj |
| 5 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | stuck | stuck | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 got | xcomp |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 rail | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 rail | det |
| 9 | tram | tram | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 rail | compound |
| 10 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stuck | obl |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | Ruby's bike wheel | stuck property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
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 should she do next time?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 time | amod |
| 6 | time | time | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 do | obl:unmarked |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | wheel | time | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1
Close her eyes and hope
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 3 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Close | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 hope | cc |
| 5 | hope | hope | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Close | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | imperative | you not said here | her eyes | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent eye=Patient | ||||
| 2 | hope | present | you not said here | vn long-32.2 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Pivot |
Option 2
Ride inside the rail on purpose
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 2 | inside | inside | ADP | _ | 4 rail | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rail | det |
| 4 | rail | rail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ride | nmod |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 purpose | case |
| 6 | purpose | purpose | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 rail | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cross the rails at an angle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 rails | det |
| 3 | rails | rail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Cross | obj |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 angle | case |
| 5 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 angle | det |
| 6 | angle | angle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cross | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | imperative | you not said here | the rails | a angle | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rail=Patient |
Option 4
Go faster straight along it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 4 | along | along | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | it | fast, straight property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme along it=Initial_Location |
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