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Test 1 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

A boy in Brisbane sees his friend press the crossing button again and again. What should he tell him?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, friend · What happens: see, press, tell · To what, where: crossing button, boy · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 267 «Traffic lights, crossings and road signs» 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 boy in Brisbane sees his friend press the crossing button again and again.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sees	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Brisbane	case
4	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	sees	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 friend	nmod:poss
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 press	nsubj
8	press	press	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sees	xcomp
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 button	det
10	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 button	compound
11	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 press	obj
12	again	again	ADV	_	8 press	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 again	cc
14	again	again	ADV	_	12 again	conj
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 sees	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	a boy in Brisbane						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	press	infinitive	boy's friend	the crossing button			again		vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme

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 should he tell him?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	friend		boy				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Press it harder so it works faster and the cars stop sooner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Press	press	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Press	obj
3	harder	hard	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Press	xcomp
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 works	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 works	nsubj
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Press	conj
7	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	6 works	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stop	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cars	det
10	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 stop	nsubj
11	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Press	conj
12	sooner	soon	ADV	Degree=Cmp	11 stop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	imperative	you not said here	it				hard property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	work	present	it					fast property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	stop	present	the cars					soon property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Once is enough; the lights know someone is waiting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 enough	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 enough	cop
3	enough	enough	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	7 know	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lights	det
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 know	nsubj
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 enough	parataxis
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 waiting	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 waiting	aux
10	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 know	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						enough, once property	tree rules
2	know	present	the lights						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	wait	present · progressive	someone						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Stop pressing, it only works for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	pressing	press	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 works	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 works	nsubj
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 works	advmod
6	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	parataxis
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 adults	case
8	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	press	gerund	you not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	work	present	it					for adults	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for adult=Beneficiary

Option 4

Keep pressing, or the lights will forget you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	pressing	press	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 forget	punct
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 forget	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lights	det
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 forget	nsubj
7	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 forget	aux
8	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	conj
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	press	gerund	you not said here						vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	forget	future	the lights	you					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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