Test 8 · ★★ · Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes A table wobbles when pushed sideways. A carpenter adds a slanted brace between a leg and the top. Why does it help?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: table, carpenter, brace · What happens: wobble, push, add, help · To what, where: slanted brace
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 86 «Building strong things: bridges, towers and shapes» 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 table wobbles when pushed sideways.
det nsubj mark advcl advmod punct root A DET table NOUN wobbles VERB when SCONJ pushed VERB sideways ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 table det 2 table table NOUN Number=Sing 3 wobbles nsubj 3 wobbles wobble VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 when when SCONJ _ 5 pushed mark 5 pushed push VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 3 wobbles advcl 6 sideways sideways ADV _ 5 pushed advmod 7 . . PUNCT _ 3 wobbles punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wobble present a table vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 push participle a table not said here sideways property vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
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: A carpenter adds a slanted brace between a leg and the top.
det nsubj det amod obj case det nmod cc det conj punct root A DET carpenter NOUN adds VERB a DET slanted ADJ brace NOUN between ADP a DET leg NOUN and CCONJ the DET top NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 carpenter det 2 carpenter carpenter NOUN Number=Sing 3 adds nsubj 3 adds add VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 4 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 6 brace det 5 slanted slanted ADJ Degree=Pos 6 brace amod 6 brace brace NOUN Number=Sing 3 adds obj 7 between between ADP _ 9 leg case 8 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 leg det 9 leg leg NOUN Number=Sing 6 brace nmod 10 and and CCONJ _ 12 top cc 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 12 top det 12 top top NOUN Number=Sing 9 leg conj 13 . . PUNCT _ 3 adds punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 add speech: assert present a carpenter a slanted brace between a leg and the top vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brace=Patient
Sentence 3: Why does it help?
advmod aux nsubj punct root Why ADV does AUX it PRON help VERB ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 4 help advmod 2 does do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 help aux 3 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 help nsubj 4 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 ? ? PUNCT _ 4 help punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 help present · do-support brace vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
The options Option 1 It glues the table to the floor
nsubj det obj case det obl root It PRON glues VERB the DET table NOUN to ADP the DET floor NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 glues nsubj 2 glues glue VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 table det 4 table table NOUN Number=Sing 2 glues obj 5 to to ADP _ 7 floor case 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 floor det 7 floor floor NOUN Number=Sing 2 glues obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 glue present It the table to the floor vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: agent=Agent table=Patient to floor=Co-Patient
Option 2 It makes the legs longer
nsubj det obj xcomp root It PRON makes VERB the DET legs NOUN longer ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 legs det 4 legs leg NOUN Number=Plur 2 makes obj 5 longer long ADV Degree=Cmp 2 makes xcomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present It the legs vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material leg=Product
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It makes a triangle that cannot change shape
nsubj det obj nsubj aux advmod acl:relcl obj root It PRON makes VERB a DET triangle NOUN that PRON can AUX not PART change VERB shape NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 4 triangle det 4 triangle triangle NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes obj 5 that that PRON PronType=Rel 8 change nsubj 6 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 8 change aux 7 not not PART Polarity=Neg 8 change advmod 8 change change VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 triangle acl:relcl 9 shape shape NOUN Number=Sing 8 change obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present It a triangle vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material triangle=Product 2 not change can a triangle shape vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shape=Patient
Option 4 It makes the table much heavier, so it cannot move
nsubj det obj advmod xcomp punct advmod nsubj aux advmod parataxis root It PRON makes VERB the DET table NOUN much ADV heavier ADJ , PUNCT so ADV it PRON can AUX not PART move VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 2 makes nsubj 2 makes make VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 table det 4 table table NOUN Number=Sing 2 makes obj 5 much much ADV _ 6 heavier advmod 6 heavier heavy ADJ Degree=Cmp 2 makes xcomp 7 , , PUNCT _ 12 move punct 8 so so ADV _ 12 move advmod 9 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 12 move nsubj 10 can can AUX VerbForm=Fin 12 move aux 11 not not PART Polarity=Neg 12 move advmod 12 move move VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 makes parataxis
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make present It the table heavy property vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material table=Product 2 not move can table vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
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