Test 5 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs
Your car stops at a give way sign while a lorry passes. Why?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: car, lorry · What happens: stop, pass · To what, where: way sign
This is test 5 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: Your car stops at a give way sign while a lorry passes.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 car | nmod:poss |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | nsubj |
| 3 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 sign | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 sign | det |
| 6 | give | give | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 way | compound |
| 7 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 sign | compound |
| 8 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stops | obl |
| 9 | while | while | SCONJ | _ | 12 passes | mark |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 lorry | det |
| 11 | lorry | lorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 passes | nsubj |
| 12 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 stops | advcl |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 stops | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | present | Your car | a way sign | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at sign=Location | ||||
| 2 | pass | present | a lorry | vn occur-48.3-1 «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.
Sentence 2: Why?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1
The lorry driver asked to go first by flashing his lights
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 driver | det |
| 2 | lorry | lorry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 driver | compound |
| 3 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 asked | nsubj |
| 4 | asked | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 go | mark |
| 6 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 asked | xcomp |
| 7 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 6 go | advmod |
| 8 | by | by | SCONJ | _ | 9 flashing | mark |
| 9 | flashing | flash | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 go | advcl |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 lights | nmod:poss |
| 11 | lights | light | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 flashing | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | past | the lorry driver | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go not said to happen | to-infinitive | the lorry driver not said here | first property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | flash | gerund | the lorry driver not said here | driver's lights | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent light=Theme | ||||
| 4 | light | driver | nom light «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
The sign means let other traffic go first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 sign | det |
| 2 | sign | sign | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 means | nsubj |
| 3 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | let | let | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 means | ccomp |
| 5 | other | other | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 traffic | amod |
| 6 | traffic | traffic | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 let | obj |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 let | xcomp |
| 8 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 7 go | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | the sign | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | other traffic | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | go | infinitive | other traffic not said here | first property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
The car has run out of petrol
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 car | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | has | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 run | aux |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 petrol | case |
| 6 | of | of | ADP | _ | 7 petrol | case |
| 7 | petrol | petrol | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | present · perfect · passive | the car | petrol | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme out petrol=Trajectory |
Option 4
Give way signs mean the road is closed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 way | compound |
| 2 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 signs | compound |
| 3 | signs | sign | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 mean | nsubj |
| 4 | mean | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 road | det |
| 6 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 closed | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 closed | aux:pass |
| 8 | closed | close | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 mean | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | infinitive | vn break_down-45.8 «NP V»: agent=Patient | ||||||
| 2 | mean | present | way signs | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | close | present · passive | the road | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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