Test 5 · ★ · How a car is built
«why's my little bro need a booster seat, he's fine with the belt» What is the safe answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: little bro, he · What happens: be · To what, where: safe answer · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 8 «How a car is built» 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 | _ | 14 fine | punct |
| 2 | why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 7 need | advmod |
| 3 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 need | cop |
| 4 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 bro | nmod:poss |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 bro | amod |
| 6 | bro | bro | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 need | nsubj |
| 7 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fine | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 seat | det |
| 9 | booster | booster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 seat | compound |
| 10 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 need | obj |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 need | punct |
| 12 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 fine | nsubj |
| 13 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fine | cop |
| 14 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 15 | with | with | ADP | _ | 17 belt | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 17 belt | det |
| 17 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fine | obl |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 14 fine | punct |
| 19 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 23 answer | nsubj |
| 20 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 23 answer | cop |
| 21 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 23 answer | det |
| 22 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 23 answer | amod |
| 23 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fine | conj |
| 24 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 14 fine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | my little bro | need property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | he | with the belt; fine property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be speech: assert | present | the safe 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
Children need the right seat so the belt fits them safely
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 need | nsubj |
| 2 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 seat | det |
| 4 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 seat | amod |
| 5 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 need | obj |
| 6 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 fits | mark |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 belt | det |
| 8 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 fits | nsubj |
| 9 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 need | advcl |
| 10 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 fits | obj |
| 11 | safely | safely | ADV | _ | 9 fits | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | need | present | Children | the right seat | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot seat=Theme | ||||
| 2 | fit | present | the belt | Children = child | safely property | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient |
Option 2
Booster seats are only there to make the ride comfier
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Booster | booster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 seats | compound |
| 2 | seats | seat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 there | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 there | cop |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 there | advmod |
| 5 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 make | mark |
| 7 | make | make | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 there | advcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 ride | det |
| 9 | ride | ride | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 make | obj |
| 10 | comfier | comfy | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 make | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Booster seats | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | make | to-infinitive | Booster seats not said here | the ride | comfy property | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset ride=Product |
Option 3
Boosters only matter on motorways, not in town
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Boosters | booster | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 matter | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 matter | advmod |
| 3 | matter | matter | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 motorways | case |
| 5 | motorways | motorway | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 matter | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 town | punct |
| 7 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 town | advmod |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 town | case |
| 9 | town | town | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 matter | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | matter | present | Boosters | motorways | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 4
A seat belt fits everyone the same, big or small
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 belt | det |
| 2 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 belt | compound |
| 3 | belt | belt | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 fits | nsubj |
| 4 | fits | fit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 4 fits | obj |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 same | det |
| 7 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 fits | obj |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 big | punct |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 same | conj |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 11 small | cc |
| 11 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 same | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fit | present | a seat belt | everyone | vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme same=Destination |
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