Test 2 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

«my bro says the glass walls hold the skyscraper up» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bro, glass walls · What happens: say, hold up, be · To what, where: skyscraper · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★★ 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	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bro	nmod:poss
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 walls	det
6	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walls	compound
7	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 hold	nsubj
8	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 skyscraper	det
10	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hold	obj
11	up	up	ADP	_	8 hold	compound:prt
12	»	»	PUNCT	_	8 hold	punct
13	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	15 right	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 right	cop
15	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hold	parataxis
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my bro			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	hold up in a quote	present	the glass walls	the skyscraper		tree rules
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

Yes, very thick glass holds it up

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 holds	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	very	very	ADV	_	4 thick	advmod
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 glass	amod
5	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holds	nsubj
6	holds	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 holds	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 holds	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	thick glass	it					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, the core and frame hold it up; the glass is only a skin

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 hold	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hold	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 core	det
4	core	core	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hold	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 frame	cc
6	frame	frame	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 core	conj
7	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 hold	obj
9	up	up	ADP	_	7 hold	compound:prt
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 skin	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 glass	det
12	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 skin	nsubj
13	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 skin	cop
14	only	only	ADV	_	16 skin	advmod
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 skin	det
16	skin	skin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hold	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present	the core and frame	frame					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	is a	present	the glass	a skin					tree rules

Option 3

No, it is held up by the lifts inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 held	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 held	nsubj:pass
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 held	aux:pass
5	held	hold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 held	compound:prt
7	by	by	ADP	_	9 lifts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 lifts	det
9	lifts	lift	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 held	obl
10	inside	inside	ADV	_	9 lifts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold up	present · passive	the lifts	it					vn support-15.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot subject=Theme

Option 4

Yes, and that is why the windows in skyscrapers can never be opened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 why	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 why	cc
4	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 why	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 why	cop
6	why	why	ADV	PronType=Rel	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 windows	det
8	windows	window	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 opened	nsubj:pass
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 skyscrapers	case
10	skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 windows	nmod
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 opened	aux
12	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	14 opened	advmod
13	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	14 opened	aux:pass
14	opened	open	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 why	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that					why property	tree rules
2	not open	can · passive		the windows in skyscrapers					vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

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