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Test 3 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

A boy in London needs the Central line to Epping. How does he find the right platform?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: need, find · To what, where: Central line, right platform

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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: A boy in London needs the Central line to Epping.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 London	case
4	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 line	det
7	Central	central	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 line	amod
8	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 Epping	case
10	Epping	Epping	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 line	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 needs	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	a boy in London	the Central line				to Epping	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot line=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: How does he find the right platform?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	How	how	ADV	PronType=Int	4 find	advmod
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 find	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 find	nsubj
4	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 platform	det
6	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 platform	amod
7	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
8	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 find	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	present · do-support	boy	the right platform					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent platform=Topic

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Follow the red Central line signs that say Epping

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 signs	det
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 signs	amod
4	Central	Central	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 signs	compound
5	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 signs	compound
6	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Follow	obj
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 signs	acl:relcl
9	Epping	Epping	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 say	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	the red Central line signs					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present	the red Central line signs	Epping					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent epping=Topic

Option 2

Get on any red train that comes into any station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	5 train	case
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	5 train	det
4	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 train	amod
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl
6	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 train	acl:relcl
8	into	into	ADP	_	10 station	case
9	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	10 station	det
10	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here			any red train		into any station	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into station=Destination
2	come	present	any red train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Take whichever train arrives first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	whichever	whichever	DET	PronType=Rel	3 train	det
3	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 arrives	nsubj
4	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Take	advcl
5	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here					first property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	arrive	present	whichever train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Follow the signs to the exit

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signs	det
3	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Follow	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 exit	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 exit	det
6	exit	exit	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Follow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	the signs		the exit			vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sign=Theme to exit=Trajectory

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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