Test 16 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

flashing don't walk, i'm already halfway over

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: flash, do, not walk, be

This is test 16 · ★ 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	flashing	flash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 over	advcl
2	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 flashing	xcomp
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 walk	advmod
4	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 do	xcomp
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 flashing	punct
6	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 over	nsubj
7	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 over	cop
8	already	already	ADV	_	10 over	advmod
9	halfway	halfway	ADV	_	10 over	advmod
10	over	over	ADV	_	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	flash	gerund	i not said here		tree rules
2	do	infinitive	i not said here		tree rules
3	not walk	infinitive	i not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	i	halfway, over property	tree rules

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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keep going steadily to the other side

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Keep	xcomp
3	steadily	steadily	ADV	_	2 going	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 side	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 side	det
6	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 side	amod
7	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	go	gerund	you not said here			the other side		steadily property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to side=Initial_Location

Option 2

Stand still and wave at the cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	still	still	ADV	_	1 Stand	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 wave	cc
4	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stand	conj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 cars	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cars	det
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here				still		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	wave	present	you not said here			the cars			vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at car=Location

Option 3

Stop and wait in the middle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 wait	cc
3	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stop	conj
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 middle	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 middle	det
6	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 wait	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.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	wait	infinitive	you not said here			the middle			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location

Option 4

Turn round and run back to where you started

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	round	round	ADV	_	1 Turn	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 run	cc
4	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Turn	conj
5	back	back	ADV	_	4 run	advmod
6	to	to	ADP	_	7 where	case
7	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 back	obl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 started	nsubj
9	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 where	advcl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	turn round	imperative	you not said here	round property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	run back	infinitive	you not said here		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	start	past	you		vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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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