Test 20 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads
my mate says on a one-way street u only need to look one way. right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, u · What happens: say, need, look · To what, where: way street, one way · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 20 · ★ 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 mate | nmod:poss |
| 2 | mate | mate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 9 street | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 street | det |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 way | nummod |
| 7 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 one | punct |
| 8 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 street | compound |
| 9 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 need | obl |
| 10 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 need | nsubj |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 12 need | advmod |
| 12 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 13 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 look | mark |
| 14 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 12 need | xcomp |
| 15 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 16 way | nummod |
| 16 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 look | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 16 way | punct |
| 18 | right | right | ADV | _ | 14 look | advmod |
| 19 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my mate | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | need | present | u | a way street | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | look not said to happen | to-infinitive | u not said here | one way | right property | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=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 · ✓ the right answer
No, look both ways; bikes and buses may come the other way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 look | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | both | both | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 ways | det |
| 5 | ways | way | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 come | nsubj |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 7 bikes | punct |
| 7 | bikes | bike | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ways | conj |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 buses | cc |
| 9 | buses | bus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 ways | conj |
| 10 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 come | aux |
| 11 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 look | ccomp |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 way | det |
| 13 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 14 way | amod |
| 14 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 come | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | look | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come | may | both ways and bikes and buses | the other way | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, unless it's raining
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 raining | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 6 raining | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 raining | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 raining | aux |
| 6 | raining | rain | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | rain | present · progressive | it | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
Option 3
No, but only at night, when you can't see the arrows painted on the road
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 night | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 night | punct |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 6 night | cc |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 night | advmod |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 6 night | case |
| 6 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 night | punct |
| 8 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 see | mark |
| 9 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 12 see | nsubj |
| 10 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 12 see | aux |
| 11 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 12 see | advmod |
| 12 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 night | advcl |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 arrows | det |
| 14 | arrows | arrow | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 see | obj |
| 15 | painted | paint | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 arrows | acl |
| 16 | on | on | ADP | _ | 18 road | case |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 road | det |
| 18 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 painted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not see | can | you | the arrows | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | paint | participle | the arrows not said here | the road | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on road=Destination |
Option 4
Yes, traffic only goes one way
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 traffic | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | traffic | traffic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | nsubj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 goes | advmod |
| 5 | goes | go | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 7 way | nummod |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 goes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | present | traffic | one way | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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