Test 2 · Escalators and lifts

Your little sister wants to sit on the escalator step with her wellies on. What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little sister · What happens: want, sit, be

This is test 2 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

Sentence 1: Your little sister wants to sit on the escalator step with her wellies on.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 sister	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 sister	amod
3	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 wants	nsubj
4	wants	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 sit	mark
6	sit	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 wants	xcomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 step	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 step	det
9	escalator	escalator	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 step	compound
10	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sit	obl
11	with	with	ADP	_	13 wellies	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wellies	nmod:poss
13	wellies	welly	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 sit	obl
14	on	on	ADV	_	6 sit	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 wants	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	want	present	Your little sister						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	sit not said to happen	to-infinitive	Your little sister not said here					on the escalator step; with sister's wellies	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location

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.

Sentence 2: What is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stand her up, hold her hand, and keep her soft boots away from the edges

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Stand	obj
3	up	up	ADP	_	1 Stand	compound:prt
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hold	punct
5	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 hand	nmod:poss
7	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hold	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 keep	punct
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 keep	cc
10	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
11	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 boots	nmod:poss
12	soft	soft	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 boots	amod
13	boots	boot	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 keep	obj
14	away	away	ADV	_	10 keep	advmod
15	from	from	ADP	_	17 edges	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 edges	det
17	edges	edge	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 away	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stand up	imperative	you not said here	her = she		tree rules
2	hold	infinitive	you not said here	her hand		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	her soft boots	away property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boot=Theme

Option 2

Fine, if she keeps her laces tied

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 keeps	parataxis
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 keeps	mark
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 keeps	nsubj
5	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 laces	nmod:poss
7	laces	lace	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 keeps	obj
8	tied	tie	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 keeps	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	she	her laces					tree rules
2	tie	participle	her laces not said here						vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 3

Fine, if the escalator is going down

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	_	7 going	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 escalator	det
5	escalator	escalator	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 going	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 going	aux
7	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Fine	advcl
8	down	down	ADV	_	7 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go down	present · progressive	the escalator					down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

Option 4

Fine, sitting is safer than standing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 safer	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 sitting	punct
3	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 safer	csubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 safer	cop
5	safer	safe	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	7 standing	mark
7	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 safer	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	Fine	safe property	tree rules
3	stand	gerund	Fine not said here		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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