Test 5 · Trains and the Underground

«mate squeezed through the gates behind me, free ride lol» What is the safety problem?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: squeeze, be · To what, where: gates, safety problem

This is test 5 of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	3 squeezed	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squeezed	compound
3	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	through	through	ADP	_	6 gates	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gates	det
6	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 squeezed	obl
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 me	case
8	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 gates	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ride	punct
10	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ride	amod
11	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gates	conj
12	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 squeezed	discourse
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 squeezed	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 problem	obj
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 problem	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 problem	det
17	safety	safety	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 problem	compound
18	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 squeezed	obl
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 squeezed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze in a quote	participle				the gates behind me and free ride			vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through gate=Trajectory
2	is a	present		the safety problem					tree rules

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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The gates close fast and can hit and trap a person

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gates	det
2	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 close	nsubj
3	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 close	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 hit	cc
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hit	aux
7	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 close	conj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 trap	cc
9	trap	trap	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 hit	conj
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 person	det
11	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 trap	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	close	present	the gates		fast property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	hit	can	the gates not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	trap	infinitive	the gates not said here	a person		vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient

Option 2

There is none, the gates are made of soft rubber and can't hurt

The tree, 14 words

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	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	2 is	nsubj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 made	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 gates	det
6	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 made	nsubj:pass
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 made	aux:pass
8	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 is	parataxis
9	of	of	ADP	_	11 rubber	case
10	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 rubber	amod
11	rubber	rubber	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 made	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 hurt	cc
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 hurt	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 hurt	advmod
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 made	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	be	present	none		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	make	present · passive		the gates		of soft rubber	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
3	not hurt	can					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

The gate will take money from both people's cards at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gate	det
2	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 take	aux
4	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 take	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	10 cards	case
7	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	8 people	det
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cards	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 people	case
10	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 take	obl
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	4 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	future	the gate	money		both people's cards			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent money=Theme from card=Source at once=Asset

Option 4

The gate will lock the whole station until a guard comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 gate	det
2	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lock	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 lock	aux
4	lock	lock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 station	det
6	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 station	amod
7	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 lock	obj
8	until	until	SCONJ	_	11 comes	mark
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 guard	det
10	guard	guard	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 comes	nsubj
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 lock	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	future	the gate	the whole station					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent station=Patient
2	come	present	a guard						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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