Test 10 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

red man showing but the road's empty, can i go

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: show, go

This is test 10 · ★ 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 man	amod
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 showing	compound
3	showing	show	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 go	advcl
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 empty	cc
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 road	det
6	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 empty	nmod:poss
7	's	's	PART	_	6 road	case
8	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 showing	conj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 showing	punct
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 go	aux
11	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 go	nsubj
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	gerund	i not said here						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	go	can	i						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, if it's totally empty both ways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 empty	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 empty	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 empty	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 empty	cop
6	totally	totally	ADV	_	7 empty	advmod
7	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
8	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	9 ways	det
9	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 empty	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	it					both ways obl:unmarked; empty, totally property	tree rules

Option 2

Yes, if you run

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 run	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 run	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 run	nsubj
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	you						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Only if a grown-up goes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	7 goes	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 goes	mark
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 up	det
4	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 up	amod
5	-	-	PUNCT	_	6 up	punct
6	up	up	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 goes	nsubj
7	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go	present	a grown up						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

No, wait for the green, cars have a green light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 wait	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 green	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 green	det
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 wait	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 have	punct
8	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 have	nsubj
9	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wait	advcl
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 light	det
11	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 light	amod
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for the green	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	cars	a green light					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient

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