Test 3 · ★★★ · Bridges and skyscrapers

«are you thick? if a skyscraper sways it's about to fall» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, skyscraper, it · What happens: be, sway · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★★★ 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 thick	punct
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	cop
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 thick	nsubj
4	thick	thick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 thick	punct
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 sways	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 skyscraper	det
8	skyscraper	skyscraper	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 sways	nsubj
9	sways	sway	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 thick	advcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 fall	nsubj
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 fall	cop
12	about	about	ADV	_	14 fall	advmod
13	to	to	PART	_	14 fall	mark
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 sways	ccomp
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 fall	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 fall	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 thick	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	you	thick property	tree rules
2	sway a condition, not said to happen, in a quote	present	a skyscraper		vn compel-59.1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Result
3	is in a quote	present	it	about, fall property	tree rules
4	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

Yes, any sway at all means the building is cracking and will fall down soon

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 sway	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 sway	det
4	sway	sway	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 means	nsubj
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 all	case
6	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 sway	nmod
7	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 building	det
9	building	building	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 cracking	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 cracking	aux
11	cracking	crack	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 means	ccomp
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fall	cc
13	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 fall	aux
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 means	conj
15	down	down	ADV	_	14 fall	advmod
16	soon	soon	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	mean	present	any sway at all		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	crack	present · progressive	the building		vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	fall down	future	any sway at all not said here	down, soon property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, so everyone must leave at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 leave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 leave	advmod
4	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	6 leave	nsubj
5	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 leave	aux
6	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 leave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	must	everyone						vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent at once=Location

Option 3

No, skyscrapers never move at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 move	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	skyscrapers	skyscraper	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 move	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 move	advmod
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not move	present	skyscrapers			all			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at all=Trajectory

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, tall buildings are built to bend a little in the wind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 tall	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	tall	tall	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 buildings	amod
4	buildings	building	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 built	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 built	aux:pass
6	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 bend	mark
8	bend	bend	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 built	advcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 little	det
10	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 bend	obl:unmarked
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 wind	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 wind	det
13	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bend	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present · passive		tall buildings					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	bend	to-infinitive		a little		the wind			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in wind=Location

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