Test 3 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks

A cyclist waits beside a bus that is about to turn left in London. Why is this dangerous?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cyclist, bus, this · What happens: wait, be, turn, leave · To what, where: bus, London

This is test 3 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A cyclist waits beside a bus that is about to turn left in London.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cyclist	det
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waits	nsubj
3	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	beside	beside	ADP	_	6 bus	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bus	det
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waits	obl
7	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 about	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 about	cop
9	about	about	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 bus	acl:relcl
10	to	to	PART	_	11 turn	mark
11	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 about	xcomp
12	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 turn	xcomp
13	in	in	ADP	_	14 London	case
14	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 left	obl
15	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 waits	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	wait	present	a cyclist	a bus		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme beside bus=Location
2	is	present	a bus		about property	tree rules
3	turn	to-infinitive	a bus not said here			tree rules
4	leave	participle	a bus not said here		in London result	vn become-109.1-1-1 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Patient in london=Result

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 is this dangerous?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 dangerous	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 dangerous	nsubj
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 dangerous	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	this					dangerous property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

The bus driver will be cross with her and sound the horn very loudly

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	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 driver	compound
3	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cross	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	aux
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 cross	cop
6	cross	cross	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	with	with	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 cross	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 sound	cc
10	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 cross	conj
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 horn	det
12	horn	horn	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 sound	obj
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 loudly	advmod
14	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	10 sound	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	future	the bus driver					with her = she; cross property	tree rules
2	sound	present	the bus driver not said here	the horn				loudly property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location horn=Theme

Option 2

She will breathe in the bus fumes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	She	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 breathe	nsubj
2	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 breathe	aux
3	breathe	breathe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 fumes	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 fumes	det
6	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fumes	compound
7	fumes	fume	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 breathe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	breathe	future	She			the bus fumes			vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The bus may turn across her, and the driver cannot see her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bus	det
2	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 turn	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 turn	aux
4	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	across	across	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 turn	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 see	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 driver	det
10	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 see	advmod
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 turn	conj
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn	may	the bus					across her = she	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme across she=Trajectory
2	not see	can	the driver	her = she					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4

Buses never turn at junctions

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 turn	advmod
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 junctions	case
5	junctions	junction	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn	present	Buses			junctions			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at junction=Trajectory

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