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Test 10 · ★ · Diggers, cranes and cement mixers

«how do they fix the street lights, climb the pole?» What do they usually use?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, lights · What happens: fix, climb, use · To what, where: street lights, pole

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 28 «Diggers, cranes and cement mixers» 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: «how do they fix the street lights, climb the pole?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 fix	punct
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	5 fix	advmod
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fix	aux
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fix	nsubj
5	fix	fix	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lights	det
7	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lights	compound
8	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 fix	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 climb	punct
10	climb	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fix	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 pole	det
12	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 climb	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 fix	punct
14	»	»	PUNCT	_	5 fix	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix in a quote	present · do-support	they	the street lights					vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent light=Patient
2	climb in a quote	present	they not said here	the pole					vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location pole=Theme

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 do they usually use?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 use	aux
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 use	nsubj
4	usually	usually	ADV	_	5 use	advmod
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	acl:relcl
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present · do-support	lights = light					usually property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

They use a tall kitchen ladder

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 use	nsubj
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 ladder	det
4	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 ladder	amod
5	kitchen	kitchen	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ladder	compound
6	ladder	ladder	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	They	a tall kitchen ladder					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Patient

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

A cherry picker that lifts them on a platform

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 picker	det
2	cherry	cherry	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 picker	compound
3	picker	picker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 lifts	nsubj
5	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 picker	acl:relcl
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 lifts	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 platform	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 platform	det
9	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lifts	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift	present	a cherry picker	them = they		a platform			vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Theme on platform=Destination

Option 3

They take the whole lamppost down each time and put it back up after

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 take	nsubj
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 lamppost	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lamppost	amod
5	lamppost	lamppost	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
6	down	down	ADP	_	8 time	case
7	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 put	cc
10	put	put	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 take	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 put	obj
12	back	back	ADV	_	13 up	advmod
13	up	up	ADV	_	10 put	advmod
14	after	after	ADP	_	10 put	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	present	They	the whole lamppost			time		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lamppost=Theme
2	put after	infinitive	They not said here	lamppost					vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent it=Goal

Option 4

They throw a rope over the top

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 throw	nsubj
2	throw	throw	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 rope	det
4	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obj
5	over	over	ADP	_	7 top	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 top	det
7	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 throw	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	throw	present	They	a rope		the top			vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent rope=Theme over top=Destination

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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