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Test 4 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

A girl's hat blows off into the road while she is halfway across. What is the safest thing to do?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hat, girl, safest thing · What happens: blow off, be, do · To what, where: road

This is test 4 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl's hat blows off into the road while she is halfway across.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 hat	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 girl	case
4	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blows	nsubj
5	blows	blow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	off	off	ADP	_	5 blows	compound:prt
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 blows	obl
10	while	while	SCONJ	_	13 halfway	mark
11	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 halfway	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 halfway	cop
13	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	5 blows	advmod
14	across	across	ADV	_	13 halfway	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 blows	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	blow off	present	a girl's hat			the road			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP.material PP.product»: agent=Agent into road=Product
2	is	present	girl					across, halfway property	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.

Sentence 2: What is the safest thing to do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 do	mark
7	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 thing	acl
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safest thing						tree rules
2	do	to-infinitive	the safest thing not said here						vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

The options

Option 1

Stand still in the road until a car stops

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stand	obl
6	until	until	SCONJ	_	9 stops	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stops	nsubj
9	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			the road	still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location
2	stop	present	a car						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

Run back to grab it before a car comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 grab	mark
4	grab	grab	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 grab	obj
6	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 comes	mark
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 comes	nsubj
9	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 grab	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run back	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	grab	to-infinitive	you not said here	it					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
3	come	present	a car						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Chase it, because hats do not cost much and the cars can see a hat clearly

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Chase	chase	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Chase	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 cost	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 cost	mark
5	hats	hat	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cost	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cost	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 cost	advmod
8	cost	cost	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Chase	conj
9	much	much	ADV	_	8 cost	advmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 see	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cars	det
12	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 see	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Chase	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hat	det
16	hat	hat	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 see	obj
17	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	14 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	chase	imperative	you not said here	it					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	not cost	present · do-support	hats						vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP.value»: agent=Theme
3	see	can	the cars	a hat				clearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer hat=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Finish crossing and ask an adult to get it when it is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Finish	finish	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Finish	xcomp
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Finish	conj
5	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 adult	det
6	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 get	mark
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 ask	xcomp
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	obj
10	when	when	SCONJ	_	13 safe	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 safe	nsubj
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 safe	cop
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 get	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	finish	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	cross	gerund	you not said here						vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		a adult				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
4	get not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	adult					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
5	is	present	adult					safe property	tree rules

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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