Test 11 · ★ · Pushes, pulls, friction and wheels

why'd i fly forward when the bus braked hard

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, bus · What happens: fly, brake

This is test 11 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 fly	advmod
2	'd	'd	PUNCT	_	4 fly	punct
3	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 fly	nsubj
4	fly	fly	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	forward	forward	ADV	_	4 fly	advmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 braked	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 braked	nsubj
9	braked	brake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 fly	advcl
10	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 braked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	present	i					forward property	vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	brake	past	the bus					hard property	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

Your body keeps moving forwards when the bus stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 body	nmod:poss
2	body	body	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 keeps	nsubj
3	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 keeps	xcomp
5	forwards	forwards	ADV	_	4 moving	advmod
6	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 stops	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stops	nsubj
9	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 moving	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	keep	present	Your body		tree rules
2	move	gerund	Your body not said here	forwards property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	stop	present	the bus		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

The bus pushed you forwards really hard as it braked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bus	det
2	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 pushed	nsubj
3	pushed	push	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 pushed	obj
5	forwards	forwards	ADV	_	3 pushed	advmod
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 hard	advmod
7	hard	hard	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 pushed	advcl
8	as	as	SCONJ	_	10 braked	mark
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 braked	nsubj
10	braked	brake	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hard	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	push	past	the bus	you				forwards property	vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme
2	brake	past	bus						tree rules

Option 3

The air in the bus blew you forwards

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 air	det
2	air	air	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 blew	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 air	nmod
6	blew	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 blew	obj
8	forwards	forwards	ADV	_	6 blew	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow	past	the air in the bus	you				forwards property	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent you=Patient

Option 4

Gravity pulled you towards the front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Gravity	gravity	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	nsubj
2	pulled	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 pulled	obj
4	towards	towards	ADP	_	6 front	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 front	det
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 pulled	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pull	past	Gravity	you		the front			vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme towards front=Destination

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