Test 6 · ★ · Diggers, cranes and cement mixers

«why's the digger on tracks, wheels'd be faster, they're thick» What is the smart answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: wheels, digger · What happens: be · To what, where: digger, tracks, smart answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	16 thick	punct
2	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 digger	advmod
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 digger	cop
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 digger	det
5	digger	digger	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 thick	nsubj
6	on	on	ADP	_	7 tracks	case
7	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 digger	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 faster	punct
9	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 faster	nsubj
10	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 faster	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 faster	cop
12	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 thick	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 thick	punct
14	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 thick	nsubj
15	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 thick	cop
16	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 thick	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 answer	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 answer	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 answer	det
21	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 answer	amod
22	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 thick	conj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	16 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present		the digger	tracks		tree rules
2	is in a quote	would	wheels			fast property	tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	the digger			thick property	tree rules
4	be speech: assert	present		the smart answer			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

Wheels would break the digger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	nsubj
2	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 break	aux
3	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 digger	det
5	digger	digger	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	would	Wheels	the digger					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer digger=Patient

Option 2

Tracks make the digger lighter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 digger	det
4	digger	digger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 make	obj
5	lighter	light	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Tracks	the digger				light property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset digger=Product

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

Tracks spread the weight so the digger does not sink in mud

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 spread	nsubj
2	spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 weight	det
4	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 spread	obj
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 sink	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 digger	det
7	digger	digger	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sink	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 sink	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 sink	advmod
10	sink	sink	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 spread	advcl
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 mud	case
12	mud	mud	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sink	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	present	Tracks	the weight					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location weight=Theme
2	not sink	present · do-support	the digger			mud			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 4

Tracks are only for show

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 show	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 show	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 show	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 show	case
5	show	show	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Tracks					for show	tree rules

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