Test 1 · Escalators and lifts

«escalator brushes are for polishing ur shoes lol» What are they really for?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: escalator brushes · What happens: polish · To what, where: shoes

This is test 1 of lesson 26 «Escalators and lifts» 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 polishing	punct
2	escalator	escalator	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 brushes	compound
3	brushes	brush	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 polishing	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 polishing	aux
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 polishing	mark
6	polishing	polish	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 shoes	nmod:poss
8	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 polishing	obj
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	6 polishing	discourse
10	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 polishing	punct
11	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 polishing	obl
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 for	cop
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 for	nsubj
14	really	really	ADV	_	15 for	advmod
15	for	for	ADP	_	11 What	case
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 polishing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish in a quote	present · progressive	escalator brushes	ur's shoes					vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Destination

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

They catch all the coins that people drop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 catch	nsubj
2	catch	catch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 coins	det:predet
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 coins	det
5	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 catch	obj
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 drop	obj
7	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 drop	nsubj
8	drop	drop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 coins	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	catch	present	They	all coins					vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme
2	drop	present	people	all coins					vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent that=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They remind your feet to keep away from the gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 remind	nsubj
2	remind	remind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 feet	nmod:poss
4	feet	foot	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 remind	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 keep	mark
6	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 remind	xcomp
7	away	away	ADV	_	6 keep	advmod
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 gap	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 gap	det
10	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	remind speech: other	present	They	your feet					vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient S»: agent=Agent foot=Recipient clause=Topic
2	keep away	to-infinitive	your feet not said here			the gap		away property	vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer from gap=Eventuality

Option 3

They keep the steps warm and dry in winter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 keep	nsubj
2	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 steps	det
4	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 keep	obj
5	warm	warm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 keep	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 dry	cc
7	dry	dry	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 warm	conj
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 winter	case
9	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	They	the steps			winter	warm property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent step=Theme

Option 4

Yes, they polish everyone's shoes for free as you ride

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 polish	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 polish	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 polish	nsubj
4	polish	polish	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	7 shoes	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 everyone	case
7	shoes	shoe	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 polish	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 free	case
9	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 polish	obl
10	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 ride	mark
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 ride	nsubj
12	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 polish	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	polish	present	they	everyone's shoes				for free	vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent shoe=Destination
2	ride	present	you						vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

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