Exam question 1 · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

Identify the meaning of a sign bearing a red circle.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, sign · What happens: identify, bear, mean · To what, where: meaning, red circle, sign

This is exam question 1 of lesson 267 «Traffic lights, crossings and road signs» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 meaning	det
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 sign	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 sign	det
6	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
7	bearing	bear	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 sign	acl
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 circle	det
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 circle	amod
10	circle	circle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 bearing	obj
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of a sign	vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme
2	bear	gerund	a sign not said here	a red circle	vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Patient
3	mean			a sign	nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient

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

It indicates a place of interest

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 place	det
4	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	6 interest	case
6	interest	interest	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 place	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a place of interest					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=Topic

Option 2

It indicates a picnic area or a place where one may rest

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 indicates	nsubj
2	indicates	indicate	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 area	det
4	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 area	compound
5	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 indicates	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 place	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 place	det
8	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 area	conj
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	12 rest	advmod
10	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	12 rest	nsubj
11	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 rest	aux
12	rest	rest	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 place	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	present	It	a picnic area or a place					vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot area=Topic
2	rest	may	one						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

It shows the distance to a town

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 shows	nsubj
2	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 distance	det
4	distance	distance	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 shows	obj
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 town	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 town	det
7	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 distance	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	present	It	the distance	a town				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent distance=Topic to town=Recipient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

It usually gives an order or a prohibition

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 gives	nsubj
2	usually	usually	ADV	_	3 gives	advmod
3	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 order	det
5	order	order	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 gives	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 prohibition	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 prohibition	det
8	prohibition	prohibition	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 order	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	It	a order or a prohibition				usually property	vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme

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