Exam question 4 · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

Ascertain the meaning of a school zone sign.

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: you · What happens: ascertain, mean · To what, where: meaning, zone sign

This is exam question 4 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	Ascertain	ascertain	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 Ascertain	obj
4	of	of	ADP	_	8 sign	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 zone	compound
7	zone	zone	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	compound
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 meaning	nmod
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Ascertain	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ascertain	imperative	you not said here	the meaning of a zone sign					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent meaning=Topic
2	mean			a zone 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

Children may play in the road there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 play	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 play	aux
3	play	play	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 road	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 play	obl
7	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 play	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	play	may	Children			the road; there			vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Buses may not stop there

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stop	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 stop	advmod
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 stop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stop	may	Buses			there			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Cars must drive more slowly near the school at certain times

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drive	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 drive	aux
3	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 drive	advmod
6	near	near	ADP	_	8 school	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 school	det
8	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 drive	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 times	case
10	certain	certain	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 times	amod
11	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	must	Cars			the school	time	slowly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Parking is free outside the school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parking	parking	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 free	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 free	cop
3	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	outside	outside	ADP	_	6 school	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 school	det
6	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 free	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Parking					outside the school; free property	tree rules

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