Test 18 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

did u hear a kid in LA stepped onto the crosswalk cos "cars have to stop" and "a car didn't". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, kid, cars, car · What happens: hear, step, have, stop, not do · To what, where: lesson, crosswalk cos · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stepped	nsubj
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 LA	case
7	LA	LA	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 kid	nmod
8	stepped	step	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
9	onto	onto	ADP	_	12 cos	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 cos	det
11	crosswalk	crosswalk	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 cos	compound
12	cos	cos	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 have	obl
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 cos	punct
14	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 have	nsubj
15	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stepped	ccomp
16	to	to	PART	_	17 stop	mark
17	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 have	xcomp
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	17 stop	punct
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 did	cc
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 did	punct
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	22 car	det
22	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 did	nsubj
23	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	17 stop	conj
24	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	23 did	advmod
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	23 did	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	step	past	a kid in LA			tree rules
3	have in a quote	present	cars		the crosswalk cos	tree rules
4	stop in a quote	to-infinitive	cars not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
5	not do in a quote	past	a car			vn act-114-1 «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

Wait for cars to stop and make eye contact before crossing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 stop	mark
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 stop	mark
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	advcl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 make	cc
7	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
8	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 contact	compound
9	contact	contact	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 make	obj
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	11 crossing	mark
11	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 make	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	to-infinitive	cars		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	make	infinitive	you not said here	eye contact	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset contact=Product
4	cross	gerund	you not said here		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Run across really, really fast so that the cars can't hit you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	across	across	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	really	really	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 fast	punct
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 fast	advmod
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Run	advmod
7	so	so	SCONJ	_	13 hit	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	13 hit	mark
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 cars	det
10	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hit	nsubj
11	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 hit	aux
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 hit	advmod
13	hit	hit	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 hit	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					across, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not hit	can	the cars	you					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme you=Co-Theme

Option 3

Cars always stop at crosswalks

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 stop	advmod
3	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 crosswalks	case
5	crosswalks	crosswalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	Cars			crosswalks		always property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crosswalk=Location

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Crosswalks make you completely safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crosswalks	crosswalk	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 make	nsubj
2	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 make	obj
4	completely	completely	ADV	_	2 make	advmod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 make	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	Crosswalks	you				completely, safe property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset you=Product

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