Test 7 · ★ · Why planes fly
In a film, a man takes off his oxygen mask high up to chat and feels fine for an hour. What is wrong?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, oxygen · What happens: take off, mask, chat, feel, be · To what, where: film
This is test 7 · ★ 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: In a film, a man takes off his oxygen mask high up to chat and feels fine for an hour.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 man | det |
| 6 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 takes | nsubj |
| 7 | takes | take | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | off | off | ADP | _ | 7 takes | compound:prt |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 oxygen | nmod:poss |
| 10 | oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 mask | nsubj |
| 11 | mask | mask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 takes | conj |
| 12 | high | high | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 up | advmod |
| 13 | up | up | ADV | _ | 11 mask | advmod |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 chat | mark |
| 15 | chat | chat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 13 up | advcl |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 feels | cc |
| 17 | feels | feel | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 takes | conj |
| 18 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 17 feels | xcomp |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 hour | case |
| 20 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 hour | det |
| 21 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 feels | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 takes | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | take off | present | a man | a film | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | mask | present | man's oxygen | vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | chat speech: other | to-infinitive | man's oxygen not said here | vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 4 | feel | present | a man not said here | hour | fine property | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
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 is wrong?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Oxygen masks are only for decoration
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Oxygen | oxygen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 masks | compound |
| 2 | masks | mask | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 decoration | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 decoration | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 decoration | advmod |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 6 decoration | case |
| 6 | decoration | decoration | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Oxygen masks | for decoration | tree rules |
Option 2
Nothing, the air up there is just like the air on the ground, only colder
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 air | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 air | punct |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 air | det |
| 4 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Nothing | appos |
| 5 | up | up | ADV | _ | 6 there | advmod |
| 6 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 4 air | advmod |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 air | cop |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 air | advmod |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 air | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 air | det |
| 11 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 ground | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 ground | det |
| 14 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 air | nmod |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 colder | punct |
| 16 | only | only | ADV | _ | 17 colder | advmod |
| 17 | colder | cold | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 11 air | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Nothing | the ground | like the air | tree rules | |||
| 2 | be | Nothing not said here | tree rules |
Option 3
Planes always carry fresh air from the ground
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Planes | plane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 carry | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 carry | advmod |
| 3 | carry | carry | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fresh | fresh | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 air | amod |
| 5 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carry | obj |
| 6 | from | from | ADP | _ | 8 ground | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 ground | det |
| 8 | ground | ground | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 carry | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | carry | present | Planes | fresh air | the ground | always property | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent air=Theme from ground=Initial_Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Without the mask in thin air at that height he would soon pass out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Without | without | ADP | _ | 3 mask | case |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 mask | det |
| 3 | mask | mask | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 pass | obl |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 air | case |
| 5 | thin | thin | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 air | amod |
| 6 | air | air | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 mask | nmod |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 height | case |
| 8 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 height | det |
| 9 | height | height | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 air | nmod |
| 10 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 pass | nsubj |
| 11 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 13 pass | aux |
| 12 | soon | soon | ADV | Degree=Pos | 13 pass | advmod |
| 13 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 14 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 pass | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass out | would | he | without the mask in thin air at that height; soon property | vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
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