Test 4 · ★★ · Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barge…

«how does a lock lift a whole boat with no engine» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: lock, best answer · What happens: lift, be · To what, where: whole boat · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 41 «Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barges and how not to tip a rowing boat» 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	_	6 lift	punct
2	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	6 lift	advmod
3	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lift	aux
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 lock	det
5	lock	lock	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lift	nsubj
6	lift	lift	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 What	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 boat	det
8	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 boat	amod
9	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lift	obj
10	with	with	ADP	_	12 engine	case
11	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	12 engine	det
12	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lift	obl
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 lift	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
15	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 What	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 answer	det
17	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	18 answer	amod
18	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 What	nsubj
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	14 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lift in a quote	present · do-support	a lock	a whole boat				with no engine	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme
2	is a	present	the best answer						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 · ✓ the right answer

Water flows in from the higher canal and the boat floats up with it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flows	nsubj
2	flows	flow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	in	in	ADV	_	2 flows	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	7 canal	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 canal	det
6	higher	high	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 canal	amod
7	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 flows	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 floats	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 boat	det
10	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 floats	nsubj
11	floats	float	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 flows	conj
12	up	up	ADP	_	11 floats	compound:prt
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 floats	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flow	present	Water			the higher canal			vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	float up	present	the boat					with Water	vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

A man winds the boat up with a big handle and a heavy chain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 winds	nsubj
3	winds	wind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boat	det
5	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 winds	obj
6	up	up	ADP	_	3 winds	compound:prt
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 handle	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 handle	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 handle	amod
10	handle	handle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 winds	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 chain	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 chain	det
13	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 chain	amod
14	chain	chain	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 handle	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wind up	present	a man	the boat				with a big handle and a heavy chain	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 3

Magnets under the water push the boat up slowly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Magnets	magnet	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 push	nsubj
2	under	under	ADP	_	4 water	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 water	det
4	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Magnets	nmod
5	push	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 boat	det
7	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 push	obj
8	up	up	ADP	_	5 push	compound:prt
9	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	5 push	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push up	present	Magnets under the water	the boat				slowly property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boat=Theme

Option 4

The boat's own engine climbs straight up the walls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boat	det
2	boat	boat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 engine	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 boat	case
4	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 engine	amod
5	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 climbs	nsubj
6	climbs	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 climbs	advmod
8	up	up	ADP	_	10 walls	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 walls	det
10	walls	wall	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 climbs	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	climb	present	the boat's own engine			the walls		straight property	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up wall=Trajectory

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