Test 10 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

«Tower Bridge is going up and I'm still on it, sod it, I'll just hold on» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tower Bridge, I, it · What happens: go up, be, sod, hold on · To what, where: it

This is test 10 · ★★★ of lesson 30 «Bridges and skyscrapers» 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	_	5 going	punct
2	Tower	Tower	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Bridge	compound
3	Bridge	Bridge	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 going	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 going	aux
5	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	20 hold	advcl
6	up	up	ADV	_	5 going	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 sod	cc
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 it	nsubj
9	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 it	cop
10	still	still	ADV	_	12 it	advmod
11	on	on	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sod	nsubj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 it	punct
14	sod	sod	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 going	conj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 sod	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 going	punct
17	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	20 hold	nsubj
18	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 hold	aux
19	just	just	ADV	_	20 hold	advmod
20	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
21	on	on	ADP	_	20 hold	compound:prt
22	»	»	PUNCT	_	20 hold	punct
23	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 right	nsubj
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 right	cop
25	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 hold	advcl
26	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 hold	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go up in a quote	present · progressive	Tower Bridge					vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is in a quote	present	I		it	still		tree rules
3	sod in a quote	infinitive	it	it				vn butter-9.9 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
4	hold on in a quote	future	I					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	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

Only cars must get off, not people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 cars	advmod
2	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	off	off	ADP	_	4 get	compound:prt
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 people	punct
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 people	advmod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get off	must	cars	people					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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

Never stand on a bridge that is about to open: leave it when told

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 stand	advmod
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bridge	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 bridge	det
5	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 about	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 about	cop
8	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 bridge	acl:relcl
9	to	to	PART	_	10 open	mark
10	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 about	xcomp
11	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 leave	punct
12	leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 stand	conj
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 leave	obj
14	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	15 told	advmod
15	told	tell	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 leave	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not stand	imperative	you not said here		a bridge		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on bridge=Location
2	is	present	a bridge			about property	tree rules
3	open	to-infinitive	a bridge not said here				vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	leave	infinitive	you not said here	bridge			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	participle	you not said here				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Holding on is fine, it lifts slowly and gently, so you won't slide off the road

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fine	csubj
2	on	on	ADP	_	1 Holding	compound:prt
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 lifts	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 lifts	nsubj
7	lifts	lift	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	parataxis
8	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	7 lifts	advmod
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gently	cc
10	gently	gently	ADV	_	8 slowly	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 slide	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	16 slide	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 slide	nsubj
14	wo	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 slide	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 slide	advmod
16	slide	slide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fine	conj
17	off	off	ADP	_	16 slide	compound:prt
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 road	det
19	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 slide	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	hold on	gerund				vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Holding		fine property	tree rules
3	lift	present	it		slowly property	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	not slide off	future	you	the road		vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Agent

Option 4

It's fun, people do it every 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	3 fun	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fun	cop
3	fun	fun	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 do	punct
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 do	nsubj
6	do	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fun	conj
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 do	obj
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 do	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					fun property	tree rules
2	do	present	people	it			day		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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