Test 12 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs
sign says 30 in the uk n 30 in australia, same speed?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: sign · What happens: say · To what, where: 30, uk · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 12 · ★ 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 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | nsubj |
| 2 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 says | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 uk | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 uk | det |
| 6 | uk | uk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 says | obl |
| 7 | n | not | ADV | _ | 8 30 | advmod |
| 8 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 6 uk | nmod |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 australia | case |
| 10 | australia | australia | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 30 | nmod |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 13 speed | punct |
| 12 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 speed | amod |
| 13 | speed | speed | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 uk | conj |
| 14 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | sign | 30 | the uk 30 in australia and same speed | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent 30=Theme in uk=Manner |
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 · ✓ the right answer
No, 30 mph is faster than 30 km/h
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 6 faster | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 faster | punct |
| 3 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 4 mph | nummod |
| 4 | mph | mph | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faster | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 faster | cop |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 7 | than | than | ADP | _ | 9 km/h | case |
| 8 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 km/h | nummod |
| 9 | km/h | km/h | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 faster | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | 30 mph | than 30 km/h; fast property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, exactly the same
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 same | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | exactly | exactly | ADV | _ | 5 same | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 same | det |
| 5 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
30 km/h is faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 2 km/h | nummod |
| 2 | km/h | km/h | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 faster | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 faster | cop |
| 4 | faster | fast | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | 30 km/h | fast property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice
Signs mean the same everywhere, numbers don't change
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 mean | nsubj |
| 2 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 same | det |
| 4 | same | same | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 mean | obj |
| 5 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 2 mean | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 change | punct |
| 7 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 change | nsubj |
| 8 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 change | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 change | advmod |
| 10 | change | change | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 mean | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | Signs | the same | everywhere property | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Topic | |||
| 2 | not change | present · do-support | numbers | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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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