Test 7 · ★ · Ships, ports and submarines

«the bridge? nah, we just climb on the lock gates to cross, it's faster» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we, bridge · What happens: climb, cross, be · To what, where: lock gates

This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 24 «Ships, ports and submarines» 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 bridge	punct
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bridge	det
3	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 nah	nsubj
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 bridge	punct
5	nah	nah	INTJ	_	9 climb	discourse
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 nah	punct
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	9 climb	nsubj
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 climb	advmod
9	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	on	on	ADP	_	13 gates	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 gates	det
12	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 gates	compound
13	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 climb	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 cross	mark
15	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 gates	acl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 faster	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 faster	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 faster	cop
19	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 climb	advmod
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 faster	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 right	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 right	cop
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 faster	advcl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 climb	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	climb in a quote	present	we	the lock gates		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on gate=Trajectory
2	cross in a quote	to-infinitive	we not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is in a quote	present	bridge		fast property	tree rules
4	is	present			right 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 · ← Mova's choice

Only dangerous for little kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 dangerous	advmod
2	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 kids	case
4	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 kids	amod
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 dangerous	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Fine, if no boat is in the lock

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 lock	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lock	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lock	cop
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 lock	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lock	det
9	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	no boat			the lock			tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stay back: locks are deep, the water is cold and gates move

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 deep	punct
4	locks	lock	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 deep	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deep	cop
6	deep	deep	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Stay	parataxis
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 cold	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 water	det
9	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cold	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cold	cop
11	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 deep	conj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 move	cc
13	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 move	nsubj
14	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 deep	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	stay back	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	locks	deep property	tree rules
3	is	present	the water	cold property	tree rules
4	move	present	gates		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Fine, lock gates are made for walking on, they have handrails all the way

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gates	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gates	compound
4	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 made	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	aux:pass
6	made	make	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	for	for	SCONJ	_	8 walking	mark
8	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 made	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	8 walking	compound:prt
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 have	punct
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 have	nsubj
12	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 made	conj
13	handrails	handrail	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 have	obj
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	16 way	det:predet
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 way	det
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 have	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present · passive		Fine lock gates		vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	walk on	gerund				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	have	present	gates = gate	handrails	all way obl:unmarked	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handrail=Patient

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