Test 9 · Bicycles and other wheels
«scooter's fine on the main road, cars will go round me» What is right?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: scooter, cars · What happens: be, go round · To what, where: main road, me · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 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 | _ | 4 fine | punct |
| 2 | scooter | scooter | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 road | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 road | det |
| 7 | main | main | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 road | amod |
| 8 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fine | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 go | punct |
| 10 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 go | nsubj |
| 11 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 go | aux |
| 12 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 fine | conj |
| 13 | round | round | ADV | _ | 12 go | advmod |
| 14 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 12 go | obl |
| 15 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 fine | punct |
| 16 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 18 right | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 right | cop |
| 18 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fine | parataxis |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | scooter | the main road | fine property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go round in a quote | future | cars | me | round property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||
| 3 | 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
Yes, scooters count as cars, so they're allowed to ride in the middle of the lane
The tree, 17 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 count | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | scooters | scooter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 count | nsubj |
| 4 | count | count | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | as | as | ADP | _ | 6 cars | case |
| 6 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 count | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 allowed | punct |
| 8 | so | so | ADV | _ | 11 allowed | advmod |
| 9 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 allowed | aux:pass |
| 11 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 count | conj |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 13 ride | mark |
| 13 | ride | ride | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 allowed | xcomp |
| 14 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 middle | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 middle | det |
| 16 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 ride | obl |
| 17 | of | of | ADP | _ | 19 lane | case |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 lane | det |
| 19 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | count | present | scooters | as cars | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as car=Attribute | ||||
| 2 | allow | present · passive | scooters = scooter | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | |||||
| 3 | ride not said to happen | to-infinitive | scooters = scooter not said here | the middle of the lane | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Yes, if you go fast enough
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 go | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 go | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 go | nsubj |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 5 go | advmod |
| 7 | enough | enough | ADV | _ | 5 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | you | enough, fast property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Only at night is it a problem
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 night | advmod |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 night | case |
| 3 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 problem | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 problem | cop |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 problem | nsubj |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 problem | det |
| 7 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | night | a problem | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, ride scooters and skateboards away from roads, with a helmet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 ride | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | scooters | scooter | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ride | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 skateboards | cc |
| 6 | skateboards | skateboard | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 scooters | conj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 3 ride | advmod |
| 8 | from | from | ADP | _ | 9 roads | case |
| 9 | roads | road | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 ride | obl |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 helmet | punct |
| 11 | with | with | ADP | _ | 13 helmet | case |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 helmet | det |
| 13 | helmet | helmet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 ride | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | imperative | you not said here | scooters and skateboards | roads | with a helmet; away property | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent scooter=Theme from road=Trajectory |
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