Test 12 · Sounds that warn
siren coming, can i still cross
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: siren, i · What happens: come, cross
This is test 12 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | siren | siren | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 coming | nsubj |
| 2 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 cross | punct |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 cross | aux |
| 5 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 7 cross | nsubj |
| 6 | still | still | ADV | _ | 7 cross | advmod |
| 7 | cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 coming | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | gerund | siren | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | cross | can | i | still | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
No, wait on the pavement until it passes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 wait | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 pavement | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 pavement | det |
| 6 | pavement | pavement | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wait | obl |
| 7 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 9 passes | mark |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 passes | nsubj |
| 9 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | the pavement | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on pavement=Location | ||||
| 2 | pass | present | pavement | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, it will stop for you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 stop | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | nsubj |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 stop | aux |
| 5 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 you | case |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 stop | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | future | it | for you | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Yes, run across quickly
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 run | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | across | across | ADV | _ | 3 run | advmod |
| 5 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 3 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | across, quickly property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, if the little green man is showing on the light
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 showing | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 showing | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 showing | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 man | det |
| 5 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 man | amod |
| 6 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 man | amod |
| 7 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 showing | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 showing | aux |
| 9 | showing | show | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 12 light | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 light | det |
| 12 | light | light | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 showing | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | show | present · progressive | the little green man | the light | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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