Test 3 · Escalators and lifts

«stuck in the lift!! we're gonna run out of air» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: we, stuck · What happens: run, be · To what, where: air · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 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	_	2 stuck	punct
2	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 right	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 lift	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lift	det
5	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stuck	obl
6	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	2 stuck	punct
7	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 run	nsubj
8	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 run	aux
9	gonna	gonna	ADV	_	10 run	advmod
10	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 stuck	parataxis
11	out	out	ADP	_	13 air	case
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 air	case
13	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	obl
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 stuck	punct
15	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	17 right	nsubj
16	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 right	cop
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
18	?	?	PUNCT	_	17 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run in a quote	present	we			air		gonna property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme out air=Trajectory
2	is	present	stuck					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

Open the doors and climb down the shaft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Open	open	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 doors	det
3	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Open	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 climb	cc
5	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Open	conj
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 climb	compound:prt
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 shaft	det
8	shaft	shaft	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 climb	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	imperative	you not said here	the doors					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location door=Theme
2	climb down	present	you not said here	the shaft					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location shaft=Theme

Option 2

Yes, so shout and use up less air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 shout	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 shout	advmod
4	shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 use	cc
6	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 shout	conj
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 use	compound:prt
8	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	9 air	amod
9	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	use up	infinitive	you not said here	less air					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Lifts aren't airtight, so the air won't run out: press the alarm and wait

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lifts	lift	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 airtight	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 airtight	cop
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 airtight	advmod
4	airtight	airtight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 run	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	11 run	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 air	det
8	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 run	nsubj
9	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 run	aux
10	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 run	advmod
11	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 airtight	parataxis
12	out	out	ADP	_	11 run	compound:prt
13	:	:	PUNCT	_	14 press	punct
14	press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 airtight	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 alarm	det
16	alarm	alarm	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 press	obj
17	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 wait	cc
18	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	14 press	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not is	present	Lifts		airtight property	tree rules
2	not run out	future	the air			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	press	infinitive		the alarm		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent alarm=Theme
4	wait	infinitive				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, so break the ceiling and climb out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 break	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	4 break	advmod
4	break	break	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 ceiling	det
6	ceiling	ceiling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 break	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 climb	cc
8	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 break	conj
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 climb	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	imperative	you not said here	the ceiling					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ceiling=Patient
2	climb out	infinitive	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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