Test 11 · Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones

«why do planes keep fuel in the wings, isn't that weird» Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: planes, that · What happens: keep, not be, be · To what, where: fuel, wings · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 11 of lesson 23 «Airports, the black box, helicopters and drones» 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	_	5 keep	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 keep	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 keep	aux
4	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	nsubj
5	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 true	csubj
6	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 keep	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 wings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wings	det
9	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keep	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 weird	punct
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 weird	cop
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	14 weird	advmod
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 weird	nsubj
14	weird	weird	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keep	parataxis
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 weird	punct
16	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 true	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 true	cop
18	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	keep in a quote	present · do-support	planes	fuel	the wings		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme in wing=Location
2	not is in a quote	present	that			weird property	tree rules
3	is	present				true property	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

No, planes carry no fuel, they run on batteries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 carry	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	planes	plane	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 carry	nsubj
4	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 fuel	det
6	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 carry	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 run	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 run	nsubj
9	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 carry	conj
10	on	on	ADP	_	11 batteries	case
11	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present	planes	no fuel					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme
2	run	present	planes = plane			batteries			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on battery=Trajectory

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, most fuel is stored inside the wings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 stored	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	4 fuel	amod
4	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stored	nsubj:pass
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stored	aux:pass
6	stored	store	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	inside	inside	ADP	_	9 wings	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wings	det
9	wings	wing	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stored	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	store	present · passive		most fuel		the wings			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme inside wing=Location

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

No, fuel is carried in a tank on the roof

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 carried	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 carried	aux:pass
5	carried	carry	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 tank	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 tank	det
8	tank	tank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 roof	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 roof	det
11	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 carried	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	present · passive		fuel		a tank		on the roof	vn fit-54.3 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Value in tank=Location

Option 4

No, fuel is kept in the passengers' cabin

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 kept	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 kept	aux:pass
5	kept	keep	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	10 cabin	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 passengers	det
8	passengers	passenger	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 cabin	nmod:poss
9	'	's	PART	_	8 passengers	case
10	cabin	cabin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 kept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present · passive		fuel		the passengers's cabin			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: subject=Theme in cabin=Location

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