Test 12 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

Which shows the bridge facts correctly?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: show · To what, where: bridge facts

This is test 12 · ★★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	2 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 facts	det
4	bridge	bridge	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 facts	compound
5	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 shows	obj
6	correctly	correctly	ADV	_	2 shows	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 shows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present		the bridge facts				correctly property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent fact=Recipient

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

Suspension bridges hang the road; arches push weight into their ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Suspension	suspension	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bridges	compound
2	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 hang	nsubj
3	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hang	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 push	punct
7	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 push	nsubj
8	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hang	conj
9	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 push	obj
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 ends	case
11	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 ends	nmod:poss
12	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 push	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang	present	Suspension bridges	the road					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient
2	push	present	arches	weight			into arches's ends		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weight=Theme into end=Destination

Option 2

Suspension bridges push weight into their ends; arches hang the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Suspension	suspension	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bridges	compound
2	bridges	bridge	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 push	nsubj
3	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	weight	weight	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 push	obj
5	into	into	ADP	_	7 ends	case
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 ends	nmod:poss
7	ends	end	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 push	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 hang	punct
9	arches	arch	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 hang	nsubj
10	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 push	parataxis
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 hang	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	present	Suspension bridges	weight			into bridges's ends		vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent weight=Theme into end=Destination
2	hang	present	arches	the road					vn poison-42.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

Option 3

Both kinds float on the water

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 kinds	det
2	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 float	nsubj
3	float	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 water	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 water	det
6	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 float	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	float	present	both kinds			the water			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on water=Trajectory

Option 4

Both kinds just rest on a plank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	2 kinds	det
2	kinds	kind	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 rest	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 rest	advmod
4	rest	rest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 plank	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 plank	det
7	plank	plank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rest	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rest	present	both kinds			a plank			vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on plank=Location

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