Test 1 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street

«found an old mine shaft in the woods, wanna explore it with torches» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: find, explore, be · To what, where: old mine shaft, woods, shaft · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 29 «Tunnels and what lies under the street» 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 found	punct
2	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 shaft	det
4	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 shaft	amod
5	mine	mine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 shaft	compound
6	shaft	shaft	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 found	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 woods	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 woods	det
9	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 shaft	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 explore	punct
11	wanna	wanna	X	Foreign=Yes	12 explore	dep
12	explore	explore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 found	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 explore	obj
14	with	with	ADP	_	15 torches	case
15	torches	torch	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 explore	obl
16	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct
17	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	19 right	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 right	cop
19	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 found	ccomp
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 found	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	find in a quote	past	a old mine shaft	the woods		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shaft=Topic
2	explore in a quote	infinitive	shaft		with torches	vn investigate-35.4 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent it=Location
3	is	present			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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never: old mines can collapse or be full of bad air

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 collapse	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	1 Never	punct
3	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 mines	amod
4	mines	mine	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 collapse	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 collapse	aux
6	collapse	collapse	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 full	cc
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 full	cop
9	full	full	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 collapse	conj
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 air	case
11	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 air	amod
12	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 full	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not collapse	can	old mines						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	is	infinitive	old mines not said here					of bad air; full property	tree rules

Option 2

Fine, if you bring torches and spare batteries and a snack for later

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 bring	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 bring	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bring	nsubj
5	bring	bring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	parataxis
6	torches	torch	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 bring	obj
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 batteries	cc
8	spare	spare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 batteries	amod
9	batteries	battery	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 torches	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 snack	cc
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 snack	det
12	snack	snack	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 torches	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 later	case
14	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 bring	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bring	present	you	torches and spare batteries and a snack					vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP together»: agent=Agent torch=Theme

Option 3

Fine, if you tie a rope round a tree

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 tie	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 tie	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 tie	nsubj
5	tie	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 rope	det
7	rope	rope	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tie	obj
8	round	round	ADP	_	10 tree	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 tree	det
10	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tie	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tie	present	you	a rope				round a tree	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rope=Patient

Option 4

Fine, if you go in the daytime

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 go	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 go	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	conj
6	in	in	ADP	_	8 daytime	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 daytime	det
8	daytime	daytime	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	you			the daytime			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in daytime=Location

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