Test 18 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks

ppl reckon a cyclist got "flattened by a lorry, totally squished" at the lights in town. what's the true bit to learn

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: ppl, cyclist · What happens: reckon, get, flatten, squish, be, learn · To what, where: lights, true bit

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» 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	ppl	people	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	2 reckon	nsubj
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 cyclist	det
4	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 reckon	ccomp
6	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 flattened	punct
7	flattened	flatten	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 got	xcomp
8	by	by	ADP	_	10 lorry	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lorry	det
10	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 flattened	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 squished	punct
12	totally	totally	ADV	_	13 squished	advmod
13	squished	squish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 flattened	conj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 squished	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 lights	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 lights	det
17	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 squished	obl
18	in	in	ADP	_	19 town	case
19	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 lights	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckon	punct
21	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	25 bit	nsubj
22	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	25 bit	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	25 bit	det
24	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 bit	amod
25	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckon	ccomp
26	to	to	PART	_	27 learn	mark
27	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	25 bit	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	ppl				vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	get	past	a cyclist				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	flatten in a quote	participle	a cyclist not said here			by a lorry	vn carve-21.2-1 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
4	squish in a quote	participle	a cyclist not said here		the lights in town	totally property	vn funnel-9.3-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent at light=Trajectory
5	is a	present		the true bit			tree rules
6	learn	to-infinitive	ppl not said here				vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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 · ✓ the right answer

Never ride up the inside of a lorry at a junction

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 ride	advmod
2	ride	ride	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	up	up	ADP	_	2 ride	compound:prt
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 inside	det
5	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ride	obj
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 lorry	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lorry	det
8	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 inside	nmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 junction	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 junction	det
11	junction	junction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ride	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not ride up	imperative	you not said here	the inside of a lorry		a junction			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inside=Theme

Option 2

Bikes should squeeze past lorries at lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 squeeze	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 squeeze	aux
3	squeeze	squeeze	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	past	past	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 lorries	amod
5	lorries	lorry	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 squeeze	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 lights	case
7	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 squeeze	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	squeeze	should	Bikes	past lorries		lights			vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent lorry=Theme at light=Trajectory

Option 3

Cyclists are safest right beside the cab, where the driver can see them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cyclists	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safest	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safest	cop
3	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	root	root
4	right	right	ADV	_	7 cab	advmod
5	beside	beside	ADP	_	7 cab	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 cab	det
7	cab	cab	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 safest	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
9	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	13 see	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 driver	det
11	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 safest	advcl
14	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Cyclists			the cab		safe property	tree rules
2	see	can	the driver	Cyclists = cyclist					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Lorries can see every bike around them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lorries	lorry	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 see	aux
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 bike	det
5	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 see	obj
6	around	around	ADP	_	7 them	case
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	Lorries	every bike				around them = they	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus

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