Test 7 · Bicycles and other wheels

«my bike's always flat, mate says it just leaks for no reason» What is the likely cause and the fix?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, reason · What happens: say, leak, be · To what, where: reason, likely cause · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 7 of lesson 25 «Bicycles and other wheels» 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	_	6 flat	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bike	nmod:poss
3	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 flat	nsubj
4	's	's	PART	_	3 bike	case
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 flat	advmod
6	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 says	ccomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 flat	punct
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 leaks	nsubj
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 leaks	advmod
12	leaks	leak	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 says	ccomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 reason	case
14	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	15 reason	det
15	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 leaks	obj
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 reason	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 cause	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 cause	cop
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 cause	det
20	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 cause	amod
21	cause	cause	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 reason	parataxis
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 fix	cc
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 fix	det
24	fix	fix	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 cause	conj
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	9 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	leak in a quote	present	mate	no reason	vn substance_emission-43.4-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location reason=Source
3	is a	present	no reason	the likely cause and the fix	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

A small hole in the inner tube; find it with bubbles in water and patch it

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 hole	det
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 hole	amod
3	hole	hole	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 tube	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 tube	det
6	inner	inner	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 tube	amod
7	tube	tube	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hole	nmod
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 find	punct
9	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hole	conj
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 find	obj
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 bubbles	case
12	bubbles	bubble	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 find	obl
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 water	case
14	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 find	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 patch	cc
16	patch	patch	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 water	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 water	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	infinitive		tube		water and patch		with bubbles	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic

Option 2

The pedals push the air out, ride less

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 pedals	det
2	pedals	pedal	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 push	nsubj
3	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 air	det
5	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 push	obj
6	out	out	ADP	_	3 push	compound:prt
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 ride	punct
8	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 push	parataxis
9	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 ride	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push out	present	the pedals	the air					vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Theme
2	ride	infinitive						less property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Tyres just lose air for no reason, nothing helps

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tyres	tyre	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lose	nsubj
2	just	just	ADV	_	3 lose	advmod
3	lose	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 reason	case
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 reason	det
7	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lose	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 helps	punct
9	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 helps	nsubj
10	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lose	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present	Tyres	air				for no reason	vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Eventuality
2	help	present	nothing						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The air freezes overnight and shrinks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 freezes	nsubj
3	freezes	freeze	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	overnight	overnight	ADV	_	3 freezes	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 shrinks	cc
6	shrinks	shrink	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 freezes	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	freeze	present	the air					overnight property	vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	shrink	present	the air not said here						vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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