Test 9 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks

In a dark parking garage, why do children stay close to an adult?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: children · What happens: stay · To what, where: dark parking garage

This is test 9 · ★★ 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	In	in	ADP	_	5 garage	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 garage	det
3	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 garage	amod
4	parking	parking	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 garage	compound
5	garage	garage	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 stay	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 garage	punct
7	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	10 stay	advmod
8	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 stay	aux
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stay	nsubj
10	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
11	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 stay	xcomp
12	to	to	ADP	_	14 adult	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 close	obl
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	10 stay	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	present · do-support	children			a dark parking garage		close property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in garage=Location

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 lights might go out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lights	det
2	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	out	out	ADV	_	4 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	might	the lights					out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It is warmer near adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 warmer	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 warmer	cop
3	warmer	warm	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	near	near	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 warmer	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	It					near adults; warm property	tree rules

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

Cars come round corners and drivers may not see them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 come	nsubj
2	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	round	round	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 corners	amod
4	corners	corner	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 see	nsubj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 drivers	cc
6	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 corners	conj
7	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 see	advmod
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 come	advcl
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	Cars						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not see	may	round corners and drivers	Cars = car					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

Children are not allowed in garages without a ticket

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 allowed	aux:pass
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 allowed	advmod
4	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 garages	case
6	garages	garage	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 allowed	obl
7	without	without	ADP	_	9 ticket	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 ticket	det
9	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 allowed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	present · passive		Children		garages		without a ticket	vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary

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