Test 7 · ★ · Diggers, cranes and cement mixers
It is very windy and the tower crane stands still all day. Why?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: It, tower crane · What happens: be, stand
This is test 7 · ★ 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: It is very windy and the tower crane stands still all day.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 windy | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 windy | cop |
| 3 | very | very | ADV | _ | 4 windy | advmod |
| 4 | windy | windy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stands | cc |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 crane | det |
| 7 | tower | tower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 crane | compound |
| 8 | crane | crane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stands | nsubj |
| 9 | stands | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 windy | conj |
| 10 | still | still | ADV | _ | 9 stands | advmod |
| 11 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 day | det |
| 12 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stands | obl:unmarked |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 windy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | windy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stand | present | the tower crane | still; day | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Cranes stop in high winds to stay safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cranes | crane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stop | nsubj |
| 2 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 winds | case |
| 4 | high | high | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 winds | amod |
| 5 | winds | wind | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 stop | obl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stay | mark |
| 7 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 stop | advcl |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Cranes | high winds | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in wind=Location | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | Cranes not said here | safe property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Cranes only work in the rain when it's cooler
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cranes | crane | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 rain | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 rain | det |
| 6 | rain | rain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 work | obl |
| 7 | when | when | ADV | PronType=Int | 10 cooler | advmod |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 cooler | nsubj |
| 9 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 cooler | cop |
| 10 | cooler | cool | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 work | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Cranes | in the rain | vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in rain=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | rain | cool property | tree rules |
Option 3
The crane's battery ran out in the night
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crane | det |
| 2 | crane | crane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 battery | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 crane | case |
| 4 | battery | battery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | nsubj |
| 5 | ran | run | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | out | out | ADP | _ | 5 ran | compound:prt |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 night | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 night | det |
| 9 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ran | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run out | past | the crane's battery | night | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
The driver could not find the ladder up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 driver | det |
| 2 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | nsubj |
| 3 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 find | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 find | advmod |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 ladder | det |
| 7 | ladder | ladder | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 find | obj |
| 8 | up | up | ADP | _ | 5 find | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not find up | could | the driver | the ladder | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent ladder=Topic |
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