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Test 1 · ★ · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels

A car moves along a straight road at a steady speed. Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: car · What happens: move, be · To what, where: steady speed

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 85 «Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels» of the world 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: A car moves along a straight road at a steady speed.

detnsubjcasedetamodoblcasedetamodoblpunctrootADETcarNOUNmovesVERBalongADPaDETstraightADJroadNOUNatADPaDETsteadyADJspeedNOUN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 cardet
2carcarNOUNNumber=Sing3 movesnsubj
3movesmoveVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4alongalongADP_7 roadcase
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 roaddet
6straightstraightADJDegree=Pos7 roadamod
7roadroadNOUNNumber=Sing3 movesobl
8atatADP_11 speedcase
9aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art11 speeddet
10steadysteadyADJDegree=Pos11 speedamod
11speedspeedNOUNNumber=Sing3 movesobl
12..PUNCT_3 movespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1movepresenta cara steady speedalong a straight roadvn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme along road=Source at speed=Trajectory

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: Which is true?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhichPRONisAUXtrueADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhichwhichPRONPronType=Rel3 truensubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 truecop
3truetrueADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 truepunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresenttrue propertytree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

The forward force is much bigger

detamodnsubjcopadvmodrootTheDETforwardADJforceNOUNisAUXmuchADVbiggerADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 forcedet
2forwardforwardADJDegree=Pos3 forceamod
3forceforceNOUNNumber=Sing6 biggernsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 biggercop
5muchmuchADV_6 biggeradvmod
6biggerbigADJDegree=Cmprootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe forward forcebig propertytree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The forward and backward forces are balanced

detamodccconjnsubj:passaux:passrootTheDETforwardADJandCCONJbackwardADJforcesNOUNareAUXbalancedVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 forcesdet
2forwardforwardADJDegree=Pos5 forcesamod
3andandCCONJ_4 backwardcc
4backwardbackwardADJDegree=Pos2 forwardconj
5forcesforceNOUNNumber=Plur7 balancednsubj:pass
6arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin7 balancedaux:pass
7balancedbalanceVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1balancepresent · passivethe forward forcesvn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

There are no forces on the car at all

expldetnsubjcasedetoblcaseoblrootTherePRONareVERBnoDETforcesNOUNonADPtheDETcarNOUNatADPallDET
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TheretherePRONPronType=Dem2 areexpl
2arebeVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3nonoDETPronType=Neg4 forcesdet
4forcesforceNOUNNumber=Plur2 arensubj
5ononADP_7 carcase
6thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art7 cardet
7carcarNOUNNumber=Sing2 areobl
8atatADP_9 allcase
9allallDETPronType=Tot2 areobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1doespresentno forcesthe car; thereat allvn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on car=Location

Option 4

The backward force is much bigger

detamodnsubjcopadvmodrootTheDETbackwardADJforceNOUNisAUXmuchADVbiggerADJ
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 forcedet
2backwardbackwardADJDegree=Pos3 forceamod
3forceforceNOUNNumber=Sing6 biggernsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 biggercop
5muchmuchADV_6 biggeradvmod
6biggerbigADJDegree=Cmprootroot
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe backward forcebig propertytree rules

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