Test 14 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

barrier down but no train lol can we just go under

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: we · What happens: go

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	down	down	ADV	_	1 barrier	advmod
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 train	cc
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 train	det
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 barrier	conj
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 barrier	discourse
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 go	aux
8	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 go	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 barrier	parataxis
11	under	under	ADP	_	10 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	can	we						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if you run

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 run	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 run	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 run	nsubj
5	run	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	you						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, if you look both ways

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 look	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 look	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 look	nsubj
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	7 ways	det
7	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 look	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present	you	both ways					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, wait, a train can come faster than it looks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 wait	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 come	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 train	det
6	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 come	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 come	aux
8	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 wait	conj
9	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 come	advmod
10	than	than	SCONJ	_	12 looks	mark
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 looks	nsubj
12	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 come	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	can	a train	fast property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	look	present	train		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, the barrier is just for cars, people can walk under it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 cars	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 barrier	det
4	barrier	barrier	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cars	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 cars	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 cars	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 cars	case
8	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 walk	punct
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walk	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 walk	aux
12	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 cars	acl:relcl
13	under	under	ADP	_	14 it	case
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the barrier					for cars	tree rules
2	walk	can	people	cars not said here		barrier			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent car=Theme under it=Trajectory

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