Exam question 3 · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning a car travelling at speed.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, established facts · What happens: select, establish, concern, travel · To what, where: response, car, speed

This is exam question 3 of lesson 266 «Walking on the pavement and crossing roads» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Select	xcomp
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 facts	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 facts	det
7	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 facts	amod
8	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 consistent	obl
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 facts	acl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 car	det
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 concerning	obj
12	travelling	travel	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 concerning	advcl
13	at	at	ADP	_	14 speed	case
14	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 travelling	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		consistent property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	establish	participle					vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
3	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a car			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus car=Experiencer
4	travel	gerund	the established facts not said here		speed		vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Trajectory

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

It needs many metres to stop even when the driver has seen you

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 needs	nsubj
2	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 metres	amod
4	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 needs	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 needs	advcl
7	even	even	ADV	_	12 seen	advmod
8	when	when	SCONJ	_	12 seen	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 driver	det
10	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 seen	nsubj
11	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 seen	aux
12	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	6 stop	advcl
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 seen	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	It	many metres	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot metre=Theme
2	stop	to-infinitive			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	see	present · perfect	the driver	you	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2

It cannot stop until the road ends

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	4 stop	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 stop	advmod
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	8 ends	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ends	nsubj
8	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stop	can	It						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	end	present	the road						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

It stops within one metre

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 stops	nsubj
2	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	within	within	ADP	_	5 metre	case
4	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	5 metre	nummod
5	metre	metre	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	It					within one metre	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

It may stop instantly at any speed

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	3 stop	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 stop	aux
3	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	3 stop	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 speed	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 speed	det
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	may	It			any speed		instantly property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at speed=Location

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