Test 15 · Sounds that warn

train horn blasting at the crossing, the gates are still going down

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: train horn · What happens: blast, go down · To what, where: crossing

This is test 15 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	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 horn	compound
2	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 going	nsubj
3	blasting	blast	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 horn	acl
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 crossing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 crossing	det
6	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 blasting	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 gates	punct
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 gates	det
9	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 crossing	conj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 going	aux
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 going	advmod
12	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
13	down	down	ADV	_	12 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blast	gerund	train horn not said here			the crossing and the gates			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crossing=Location
2	go down	present · progressive	train horn				still	down property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute

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

Horns are just for drivers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Horns	horn	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 drivers	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 drivers	cop
3	just	just	ADV	_	5 drivers	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 drivers	case
5	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Horns					for drivers	tree rules

Option 2

Run across before the gates close

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	across	across	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	before	before	SCONJ	_	6 close	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 gates	det
5	gates	gate	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 close	nsubj
6	close	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					across property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	close	present	the gates						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Stop and wait, a train is coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wait	cc
3	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 coming	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 train	det
6	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 coming	aux
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Stop	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come	present · progressive	a train	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Look for the train first, then cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 train	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 train	det
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Look	advmod
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cross	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	8 cross	advmod
8	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					for the train; first property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for train=Theme
2	cross	infinitive	you not said here				then		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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