Test 3 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings
A boy in Sydney steps off the kerb after looking only to his left. Which danger did he miss?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, danger · What happens: step off, look, miss · To what, where: kerb
This is test 3 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday 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 boy in Sydney steps off the kerb after looking only to his left.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 steps | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Sydney | case |
| 4 | Sydney | Sydney | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | steps | step | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | off | off | ADP | _ | 8 kerb | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 kerb | det |
| 8 | kerb | kerb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 steps | obl |
| 9 | after | after | SCONJ | _ | 10 looking | mark |
| 10 | looking | look | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 5 steps | advcl |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 14 left | advmod |
| 12 | to | to | ADP | _ | 14 left | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 left | nmod:poss |
| 14 | left | left | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 looking | obl |
| 15 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 steps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | step off | present | a boy in Sydney | the kerb | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location kerb=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | gerund | a boy in Sydney not said here | to boy's left | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to left=Theme |
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 danger did he miss?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | DET | PronType=Int | 2 danger | det |
| 2 | danger | danger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 miss | nsubj |
| 3 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 5 miss | aux |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 miss | nsubj |
| 5 | miss | miss | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 miss | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | miss | past · do-support | which danger | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Cars coming from his left, in the nearest lane
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Cars | acl |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 left | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 left | nmod:poss |
| 5 | left | left | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coming | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lane | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 lane | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lane | det |
| 9 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 lane | amod |
| 10 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cars | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | gerund | Cars and the nearest lane not said here | his left | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from left=Initial_Location |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Cars coming from his right, in the nearest lane
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 2 | coming | come | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Cars | acl |
| 3 | from | from | ADP | _ | 5 right | case |
| 4 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 5 right | nmod:poss |
| 5 | right | right | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coming | obl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 lane | punct |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 lane | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 lane | det |
| 9 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 10 lane | amod |
| 10 | lane | lane | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cars | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | gerund | Cars and the nearest lane not said here | his right | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from right=Initial_Location |
Option 3
Bikes, which only ride on the footpath
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ride | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 ride | punct |
| 3 | which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 ride | obj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 ride | advmod |
| 5 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 8 footpath | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 footpath | det |
| 8 | footpath | footpath | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 ride | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride | present | Bikes | the footpath | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |
Option 4
None, because cars always stop for people
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stop | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 stop | mark |
| 4 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 stop | advmod |
| 6 | stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 None | parataxis |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 people | case |
| 8 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | cars | for people; always property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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