Test 14 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

red man but no cars, can i just go

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: red man · What happens: go

This is test 14 · ★ 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	10 go	nsubj
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 cars	cc
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 cars	det
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 man	conj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 man	punct
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 go	aux
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	can	red man but no cars						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

Go, the road's empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 empty	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 road	det
4	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 empty	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 road	case
6	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wait for the green man; cars can come fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	5 man	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 man	det
4	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 man	amod
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 come	punct
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 come	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 come	aux
9	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	9 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here					for the green man	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	can	cars					fast property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Go if your mate goes first and says it's clear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 goes	mark
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 mate	nmod:poss
4	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 goes	nsubj
5	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
6	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 goes	advmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 says	cc
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 goes	conj
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 clear	expl
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 clear	cop
11	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go a condition, not said to happen	present	your mate	first property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present	your mate not said here		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	is	present		clear property	tree rules

Option 4

Run, then it's safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 safe	punct
3	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 safe	advmod
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 safe	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Run	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	it				then	safe property	tree rules

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