Test 19 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

my mate says 30 on a speed sign is the same speed everywhere. right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, speed sign · What happens: say, be · To what, where: 30, same speed · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 says	obj
5	on	on	ADP	_	12 speed	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 sign	det
7	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sign	compound
8	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 speed	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 speed	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 speed	det
11	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 speed	amod
12	speed	speed	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	obl
13	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 says	advmod
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
15	right	right	INTJ	_	3 says	discourse
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate	30				everywhere property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 30=Topic
2	is	present	a speed sign			the same speed			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

No, kilometres are faster than miles, so 30 km/h wins

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 kilometres	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	kilometres	kilometre	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faster	obl:unmarked
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 faster	cop
5	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	12 wins	advmod
6	than	than	ADP	_	7 miles	case
7	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faster	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wins	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 wins	advmod
10	30	30	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 km/h	nummod
11	km/h	km/h	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wins	nsubj
12	wins	win	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						than miles; kilometres obl:unmarked; fast property	tree rules
2	win	present	30 km/h						vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, a number is a number

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 number	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 number	det
4	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 number	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 number	det
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a number	a number					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ 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 4

Yes, all countries use miles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 countries	det
4	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	all countries	miles					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mile=Patient

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