Test 1 · ★ · Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues…

Your cousin, aged four, walks with you to the park along a busy road. Which is the safest way?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin · What happens: age, walk, be · To what, where: four, safest way

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 331 «Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping» 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: Your cousin, aged four, walks with you to the park along a busy road.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 aged	punct
4	aged	age	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 cousin	acl
5	four	four	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 aged	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 cousin	punct
7	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 you	case
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 walks	obl
10	to	to	ADP	_	12 park	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 park	det
12	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	obl
13	along	along	ADP	_	16 road	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 road	det
15	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 road	amod
16	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 walks	obl
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 walks	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	age	participle	Your cousin not said here	four					vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent four=Patient
2	walk	present	Your cousin					with you; to the park result; along a busy road	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to park=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: Which is the safest way?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the safest way					tree rules

The options

Option 1

She walks on the road side so that you can keep an eye on her

The tree, 15 words

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	2 walks	nsubj
2	walks	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	6 side	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 side	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 side	compound
6	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walks	obl
7	so	so	SCONJ	ExtPos=SCONJ	11 keep	mark
8	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 so	fixed
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 keep	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 keep	aux
11	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 walks	advcl
12	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 eye	det
13	eye	eye	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 keep	obj
14	on	on	ADP	_	15 her	case
15	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 keep	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	present	She			the road side			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory
2	keep	can	you	a eye					vn sustain-55.6-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent eye=Theme her=Attribute

Option 2

She runs ahead to the next corner and waits

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	2 runs	nsubj
2	runs	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	2 runs	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 corner	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 corner	det
6	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 corner	amod
7	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 runs	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 waits	cc
9	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 runs	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	She					to the next corner result; ahead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to corner=Result
2	wait	present	She not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

You let go so she can learn to walk alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 go	nsubj
2	let	let	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 go	aux
3	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	7 learn	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 learn	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 learn	aux
7	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 go	conj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 walk	mark
9	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 learn	xcomp
10	alone	alone	ADV	_	9 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	go		You		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	learn	can	she		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	walk	to-infinitive	she not said here	alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

You hold her hand and walk between her and the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 hold	nsubj
2	hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 hand	nmod:poss
4	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	obj
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 walk	cc
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hold	conj
7	between	between	ADP	_	8 her	case
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 walk	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 road	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 road	det
11	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hold	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	present	You	her hand					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	walk	infinitive	You not said here					between her = she	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between she=Trajectory

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