Test 13 · ★ · Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues…

did u hear a little kid ran out between parked cars in the car park and "a car just missed him by a millimetre". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, little kid, car · What happens: hear, run out, park, miss · To what, where: car park, kid

This is test 13 · ★ 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

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	7 ran	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 kid	det
5	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kid	amod
6	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ran	nsubj
7	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	out	out	ADP	_	7 ran	compound:prt
9	between	between	ADP	_	11 cars	case
10	parked	park	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 cars	amod
11	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ran	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	15 park	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 park	det
14	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 park	compound
15	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ran	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 missed	cc
17	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 missed	punct
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	19 car	det
19	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 missed	nsubj
20	just	just	ADV	_	21 missed	advmod
21	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 park	conj
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 missed	obj
23	by	by	ADP	_	25 millimetre	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 millimetre	det
25	millimetre	millimetre	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 missed	obl
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 millimetre	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	28 lesson	punct
28	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ran	parataxis
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 ran	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	run out	past	a little kid		the car park	between parked cars	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme between car=Trajectory
3	park	participle					vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
4	miss in a quote	past	a car	kid		by a millimetre	vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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

Kids can run if they look first, cars in car parks go really slowly

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 run	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 run	aux
3	run	run	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 look	mark
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 look	nsubj
6	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 run	advcl
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	6 look	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 cars	punct
9	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 go	nsubj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 parks	case
11	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 parks	compound
12	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 cars	nmod
13	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 run	parataxis
14	really	really	ADV	_	15 slowly	advmod
15	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	13 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	run	can	Kids		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look a condition, not said to happen	present	Kids = kid	first property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	go	present	cars in car parks	slowly property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Hold small children's hands; drivers can't see them between cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hold	hold	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 children	amod
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hands	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 children	case
5	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Hold	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 see	punct
7	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 see	nsubj
8	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 see	aux
9	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 see	advmod
10	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hold	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 see	obj
12	between	between	ADP	_	13 cars	case
13	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	imperative	you not said here	small children's hands					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
2	not see	can	drivers	hands = hand				between cars	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 3

Drivers always see children

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	nsubj
2	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	3 see	advmod
3	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	Drivers	children				always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus

Option 4

Car parks are slow so they're safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 parks	compound
2	parks	park	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 slow	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 slow	cop
4	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 safe	mark
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 safe	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 slow	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Car parks					slow property	tree rules
2	is	present	parks = park					safe property	tree rules

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