Test 18 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

did u hear a kid was walking across the road on her phone and didn't see the car? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, walk, not see · To what, where: road, car · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 266 «Walking on the pavement and crossing roads» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walking	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 walking	aux
7	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hear	ccomp
8	across	across	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walking	obl
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 phone	case
12	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 phone	nmod:poss
13	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walking	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 see	cc
15	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 see	aux
16	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	17 see	advmod
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 hear	conj
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 car	det
19	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 see	obj
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 lesson	punct
21	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 see	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	walk	past · progressive	a kid		the road	on kid's phone	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory
3	not see	past · do-support	u not said here	the car		real lesson obl	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus

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

Cars always see people on phones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 see	advmod
3	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 phones	case
6	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Cars	people		phones		always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Look up and put the phone away when crossing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	up	up	ADP	_	1 Look	compound:prt
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 put	cc
4	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 phone	det
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 put	obj
7	away	away	ADV	_	4 put	advmod
8	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	9 crossing	advmod
9	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 put	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	look up	imperative	you not said here			vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	put away	infinitive	you not said here	the phone	away property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Goal
3	cross	gerund	you not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Walk faster while texting so you're in the road for less time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Walk	advmod
3	while	while	SCONJ	_	4 texting	mark
4	texting	text	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walk	advcl
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	10 road	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 road	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 road	cop
8	in	in	ADP	_	10 road	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 texting	advcl
11	for	for	ADP	_	13 time	case
12	less	less	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	13 time	amod
13	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 texting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	text	gerund	you not said here		time		tree rules
3	is	present	you	the road			tree rules

Option 4

Phones help you hear traffic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 help	obj
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	xcomp
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Phones	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	hear	infinitive	you not said here	traffic					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer traffic=Stimulus

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