Test 19 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

apparently a car stopped for a boy at the crossing, he walked out and a car in the next lane hit him. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: car, boy · What happens: stop, walk out, hit, be · To what, where: crossing, boy, true lesson

This is test 19 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 stopped	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 car	det
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	nsubj
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 boy	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 boy	det
7	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obl
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 crossing	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 crossing	det
10	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stopped	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 walked	punct
12	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 walked	nsubj
13	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 stopped	parataxis
14	out	out	ADV	_	13 walked	advmod
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 hit	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 car	det
17	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hit	nsubj
18	in	in	ADP	_	21 lane	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 lane	det
20	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 lane	amod
21	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 car	nmod
22	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 walked	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 hit	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 lesson	punct
25	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 lesson	nsubj
26	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 lesson	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 lesson	det
28	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 lesson	amod
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 hit	obl
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stop	past	a car		the crossing	for a boy; apparently property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crossing=Location
2	walk out	past	boy			out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	hit	past	a car in the next lane	boy			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
4	is a	present		the true lesson			tree rules

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

Run when one car stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	5 stops	advmod
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 car	nummod
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing 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						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	present	one car						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Only trucks are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 trucks	advmod
2	trucks	truck	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	trucks					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Check every lane has stopped before passing a stopped car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Check	check	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	3 lane	det
3	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stopped	nsubj
4	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stopped	aux
5	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Check	ccomp
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 passing	mark
7	passing	pass	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Check	advcl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 car	det
9	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 car	amod
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 passing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	check	imperative	you not said here		tree rules
2	stop	present · perfect	every lane		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	pass	gerund	you not said here	a stopped car	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory
4	stop	participle			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

One stopped car means all the cars in every other lane will stop as well

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	One	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 car	nummod
2	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 car	amod
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 means	nsubj
4	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 cars	det:predet
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cars	det
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 means	obj
8	in	in	SCONJ	_	13 stop	mark
9	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 lane	det
10	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 lane	amod
11	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stop	nsubj
12	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 stop	aux
13	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 means	ccomp
14	as	as	ADV	ExtPos=ADV	13 stop	advmod
15	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	14 as	fixed

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	stop	participle			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	mean	present	One stopped car	all cars	tree rules
3	stop	future	every other lane		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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