Test 2 · ★ · Roads and road signs
In a cartoon, a cat walks down the middle of the road and its glowing eyes guide cars. What are real cat's eyes?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cat, glowing eyes, eyes · What happens: walk down, glow, guide, be · To what, where: middle, cartoon, cars
This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» 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
Sentence 1: In a cartoon, a cat walks down the middle of the road and its glowing eyes guide cars.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walks | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 cat | det |
| 6 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walks | nsubj |
| 7 | walks | walk | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 middle | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 middle | det |
| 10 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 walks | obl |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 road | case |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 road | det |
| 13 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 middle | nmod |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 guide | cc |
| 15 | its | its | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 17 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 16 | glowing | glow | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 17 eyes | amod |
| 17 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 guide | nsubj |
| 18 | guide | guide | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 walks | conj |
| 19 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 18 guide | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 walks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk down | present | a cat | the middle of the road | a cartoon | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent middle=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory | |||
| 2 | glow | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | guide | present | cat's glowing eyes | cars | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Theme |
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.
Sentence 2: What are real cat's eyes?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cat | amod |
| 4 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 eyes | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 cat | case |
| 6 | eyes | eye | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 What | nsubj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | real cat's eyes | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Real animals trained by the council
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 animals | amod |
| 2 | animals | animal | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | trained | train | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 animals | acl |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 council | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 council | det |
| 6 | council | council | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 trained | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | train | participle | Real animals not said here | by the council | vn hire-13.5.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Lamps powered by wires under the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lamps | lamp | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | powered | power | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Lamps | acl |
| 3 | by | by | ADP | _ | 4 wires | case |
| 4 | wires | wire | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 powered | obl |
| 5 | under | under | ADP | _ | 7 road | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 road | det |
| 7 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 powered | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | power | participle | Lamps not said here | the road | by wires | tree rules |
Option 3
Painted dots that glow on their own
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 dots | amod |
| 2 | dots | dot | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 3 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 glow | nsubj |
| 4 | glow | glow | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 dots | acl:relcl |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 own | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 own | nmod:poss |
| 7 | own | own | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 glow | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | paint | participle | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | glow | present | Painted dots | dots's own | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Small reflectors set into the road that shine back in headlights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 reflectors | amod |
| 2 | reflectors | reflector | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shine | nsubj |
| 3 | set | set | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 reflectors | acl |
| 4 | into | into | ADP | _ | 6 road | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 road | det |
| 6 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 set | obl |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 shine | nsubj |
| 8 | shine | shine | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 8 shine | advmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 headlights | case |
| 11 | headlights | headlight | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 shine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | set | participle | Small reflectors not said here | the road | vn other_cos-45.4-1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | ||||
| 2 | shine back | present | Small reflectors | headlights | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in headlight=Location |
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