Test 6 · ★★ · Rivers, canals and boats: locks, weirs, water-mills, barge…

«we're going on a narrowboat holiday, can we go 30 mph to get there quicker?» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we · What happens: go, get, be · To what, where: narrowboat holiday, 30 mph

This is test 6 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: «we're going on a narrowboat holiday, can we go 30 mph to get there quicker?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct
2	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 going	nsubj
3	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 going	aux
4	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 go	advcl
5	on	on	ADP	_	8 holiday	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 holiday	det
7	narrowboat	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 holiday	compound
8	holiday	holiday	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 going	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 going	punct
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 go	aux
11	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 go	nsubj
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
13	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 mph	nummod
14	mph	mph	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 go	obj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 get	mark
16	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 go	advcl
17	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	16 get	advmod
18	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	16 get	xcomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	12 go	punct
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	12 go	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go in a quote	present · progressive	we		a narrowboat holiday		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on holiday=Location
2	go in a quote	can	we	30 mph			vn meander-47.7 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mph=Theme
3	get in a quote	to-infinitive	we not said here		there	quick property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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 is right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, but only at night when the canal is empty of boats

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	11 empty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 night	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 night	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 empty	nsubj
7	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 empty	advmod
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 canal	det
9	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 empty	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 empty	cop
11	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	of	of	ADP	_	13 boats	case
13	boats	boat	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 empty	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	night					of boats; empty property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, narrowboats are built to go as fast as cars on the motorway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 built	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	narrowboats	narrowboat	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 built	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 built	aux:pass
5	built	build	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 go	mark
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 built	advcl
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 fast	advmod
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 go	advmod
10	as	as	ADP	_	11 cars	case
11	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 go	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 motorway	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 motorway	det
14	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	build	present · passive		narrowboats					vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product
2	go	to-infinitive				the motorway		as cars; fast property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on motorway=Location

Option 3

No, the limit is 3 miles a day, to save fuel

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 miles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 limit	det
4	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 miles	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 miles	cop
6	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 miles	nummod
7	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 day	det
9	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 miles	nmod:unmarked
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 save	punct
11	to	to	PART	_	12 save	mark
12	save	save	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 miles	parataxis
13	fuel	fuel	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the limit	3 miles			day		tree rules
2	save	to-infinitive		fuel					vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fuel=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, the canal speed limit is 4 miles an hour, to protect the banks

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	9 miles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 limit	det
4	canal	canal	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 speed	compound
5	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 limit	compound
6	limit	limit	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 miles	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 miles	cop
8	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 miles	nummod
9	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 protect	nsubj
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 hour	det
11	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 miles	nmod:unmarked
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 protect	punct
13	to	to	PART	_	14 protect	mark
14	protect	protect	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 banks	det
16	banks	bank	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 protect	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the speed limit	4 miles			hour		tree rules
2	protect	to-infinitive	4 miles	the banks					vn defend-72.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bank=Beneficiary

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