Test 17 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

did u hear some kid crossed on the red man cos the road looked empty and a car came round the corner super fast? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, kid, car · What happens: hear, cross, look, come · To what, where: real lesson, kid, corner

This is test 17 · ★ 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 looked	nsubj
6	crossed	cross	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 kid	acl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 man	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 man	det
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 man	amod
10	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crossed	obl
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	13 road	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 road	det
13	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crossed	obl
14	looked	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
15	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 looked	xcomp
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 came	cc
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 car	det
18	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	nsubj
19	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
20	round	round	ADP	_	22 corner	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 corner	det
22	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 came	obl
23	super	super	ADV	_	24 fast	advmod
24	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	19 came	advmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
26	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	real lesson			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus
2	cross	participle		some kid not said here		on the red man; cos the road	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	look	past	some kid			empty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
4	come	past	a car		the corner	fast property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme round corner=Initial_Location

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

Look once and go on red

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Look	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 go	cc
4	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Look	conj
5	on	on	ADP	_	6 red	case
6	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					once property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	go	infinitive	you not said here			red			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on red=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Red only matters when there are cars you can actually see

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Red	Red	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 matters	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 matters	advmod
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	SCONJ	_	6 are	mark
5	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	6 are	expl
6	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 matters	ccomp
7	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 are	nsubj
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
10	actually	actually	ADV	_	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 cars	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	matter	present	Red				tree rules
2	does	present	cars		there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	can	you	cars not said here		actually property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Wait on the red figure even if the road looks empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 figure	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 figure	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 figure	amod
5	figure	figure	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
6	even	even	ADV	_	10 looks	advmod
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 looks	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 looks	nsubj
10	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wait	advcl
11	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			the red figure			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on figure=Location
2	look a condition, not said to happen	present	the road					empty property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Cross on red if you run

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	3 red	case
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Cross	appos
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 run	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 run	nsubj
6	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 red	advcl

#	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

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