Test 9 · ★★ · Tunnels and what lies under the street

«they called the tunnel machine Ada, lol why» What is the reason?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: they · What happens: call, be · To what, where: reason · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 · ★★ 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	_	3 called	punct
2	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 called	nsubj
3	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 machine	det
5	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 machine	compound
6	machine	machine	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 Ada	compound
7	Ada	Ada	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 called	xcomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct
9	lol	lol	INTJ	_	3 called	discourse
10	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	3 called	advmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct
12	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 called	obj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 reason	cop
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 reason	det
15	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 What	acl:relcl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 called	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call in a quote	past	they						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient
2	is a	present		the reason					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

Ada is short for 'all digging always'

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ada	Ada	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 short	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 short	cop
3	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	7 digging	mark
5	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 digging	punct
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 digging	nsubj
7	digging	dig	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 short	advcl
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 digging	advmod
9	'	'	PUNCT	_	7 digging	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Ada					short property	tree rules
2	dig	gerund	all					always property	vn create-26.4-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Tunnel machines get women's names from a tradition linked to Saint Barbara

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 machines	compound
2	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	nsubj
3	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	women	woman	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 names	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 women	case
6	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 get	obj
7	from	from	ADP	_	9 tradition	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 tradition	det
9	tradition	tradition	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 get	obl
10	linked	link	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 tradition	acl
11	to	to	ADP	_	12 Saint	case
12	Saint	Saint	PROPN	Number=Sing	10 linked	obl
13	Barbara	Barbara	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 Saint	flat

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	get	present	Tunnel machines	women's names		a tradition	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent name=Theme from tradition=Source
2	link	participle		a tradition not said here	Saint		vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V PP.patient»: agent=Patient to saint=Co-Patient
3	name		women				nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

They name them after the drivers' cats

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 name	nsubj
2	name	name	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 name	obj
4	after	after	ADP	_	8 cats	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 drivers	det
6	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cats	nmod:poss
7	'	's	PART	_	6 drivers	case
8	cats	cat	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 name	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	name	present	They	them = they			after the drivers's cats		vn appoint-29.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4

It is a law that machines need names

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 law	expl
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 law	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 law	det
4	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 need	obj
6	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	nsubj
7	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 law	acl:relcl
8	names	name	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a law					tree rules
2	need	present	machines	a law					tree rules

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