Test 7 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

Why do people get hit at level crossings even though they saw the train?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: people · What happens: hit, see · To what, where: people, level crossings, train

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	5 hit	advmod
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	aux
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hit	nsubj
4	get	get	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 hit	aux:pass
5	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 crossings	case
7	level	level	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crossings	compound
8	crossings	crossing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hit	obl
9	even	even	ADV	_	12 saw	advmod
10	though	though	SCONJ	_	12 saw	mark
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 hit	advcl
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 train	det
14	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 saw	obj
15	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hit	present · passive · do-support		people		level crossings			vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme at crossing=Destination
2	see	past	people	the train					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

Trains are faster and closer than they look

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 faster	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 faster	cop
3	faster	fast	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 closer	cc
5	closer	close	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 faster	conj
6	than	than	SCONJ	_	8 look	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 look	nsubj
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 faster	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Trains	fast property	tree rules
2	be		Trains not said here		tree rules
3	look	present	Trains = train		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Trains change direction suddenly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	nsubj
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 change	obj
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	_	2 change	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	Trains	direction				suddenly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient

Option 3

People cannot hear trains at all, even when they are very near

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hear	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 hear	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 hear	advmod
4	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 hear	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 hear	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 near	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	14 near	advmod
10	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	14 near	advmod
11	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 near	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 near	cop
13	very	very	ADV	_	14 near	advmod
14	near	near	ADV	_	4 hear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	People	trains		all			vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus
2	is	present	People					near property	tree rules

Option 4

Trains have no lights at the front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	nsubj
2	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 lights	det
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 have	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 front	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 front	det
7	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 have	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	Trains	no lights		the front			vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient

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