Test 18 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

apparently if u press the crossing button 10 times it goes green straight away. probably just a rumour?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, button · What happens: press, go · To what, where: crossing button

This is test 18 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	4 press	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 press	mark
3	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 press	nsubj
4	press	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 button	det
6	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 button	compound
7	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 press	obj
8	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	9 times	nummod
9	times	time	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 goes	obl:unmarked
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 goes	nsubj
11	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 press	conj
12	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 goes	xcomp
13	straight	straight	ADV	_	14 away	advmod
14	away	away	ADV	_	11 goes	advmod
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 press	punct
16	probably	probably	ADV	_	19 rumour	advmod
17	just	just	ADV	_	19 rumour	advmod
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 rumour	det
19	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 press	obl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 press	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	present	u	the crossing button				a rumour obl; apparently property	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme
2	go	present	button				time	away, green property	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 · ← Mova's choice

No, more presses mean faster

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 presses	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 presses	amod
4	presses	press	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 mean	nsubj
5	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	5 mean	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	more presses					fast property	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes; press once and wait

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 press	discourse
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	press	press	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 press	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 wait	cc
6	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 press	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	infinitive							vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

No, it goes red for you instead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 goes	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 goes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 goes	nsubj
4	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 goes	xcomp
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 goes	obl
8	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	it					for you; instead, red property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary

Option 4

No, it only works with 10 presses

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 works	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 works	advmod
5	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	with	with	ADP	_	8 presses	case
7	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 presses	nummod
8	presses	press	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	it					with 10 presses	vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with press=Co-Agent

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