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Test 6 · ★ · Why planes fly

Nan's ears hurt as the plane comes down to land. What can she do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: ears, plane · What happens: hurt, come down, do · To what, where: land

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 22 «Why planes fly» 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: Nan's ears hurt as the plane comes down to land.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nan	Nan	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 ears	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Nan	case
3	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hurt	nsubj
4	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	8 comes	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 plane	det
7	plane	plane	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comes	nsubj
8	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 hurt	advcl
9	down	down	ADV	_	8 comes	advmod
10	to	to	ADP	_	11 land	case
11	land	land	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comes	obl
12	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	participle	Nan's ears						vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	come down	present	the plane			land		down property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to land=Initial_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: What can she do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	can	can	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	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	can	plane						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1

Hold her breath for ten minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 breath	nmod:poss
3	breath	breath	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hold	obj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 minutes	case
5	ten	ten	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 minutes	nummod
6	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	her breath			minute		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent breath=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Swallow, yawn or suck a sweet

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swallow	swallow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 yawn	punct
3	yawn	yawn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Swallow	conj
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 suck	cc
5	suck	suck	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Swallow	conj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 sweet	det
7	sweet	sweet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 suck	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	imperative	you not said here						vn hiccup-40.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	yawn	infinitive	you not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	suck	infinitive	you not said here	a sweet					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent sweet=Source

Option 3

Nothing at all, sore ears can't be helped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 helped	nsubj:pass
2	at	at	ADP	_	3 all	case
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	1 Nothing	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 ears	punct
5	sore	sore	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ears	amod
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Nothing	conj
7	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 helped	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 helped	advmod
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 helped	aux:pass
10	helped	help	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not help	can · passive		Nothing					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

Option 4

Put her hands over her ears tightly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 hands	nmod:poss
3	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obj
4	over	over	ADP	_	6 ears	case
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 ears	nmod:poss
6	ears	ear	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Put	obl
7	tightly	tightly	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	her hands		her ears		tightly property	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent hand=Theme over ear=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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