Test 6 · ★ · Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues…

A cyclist in London is beside a lorry at a red light and cannot see the driver's face in his mirror. What does that tell her?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cyclist, that · What happens: be, not see, tell · To what, where: lorry, face, mirror, London · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ 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: A cyclist in London is beside a lorry at a red light and cannot see the driver's face in his mirror.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 cyclist	det
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lorry	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 London	case
4	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cyclist	nmod
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lorry	cop
6	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 lorry	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lorry	det
8	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	at	at	ADP	_	12 light	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 light	det
11	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 light	amod
12	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 lorry	nmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 see	cc
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 see	aux
15	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	16 see	advmod
16	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 lorry	conj
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 driver	det
18	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 face	nmod:poss
19	's	's	PART	_	18 driver	case
20	face	face	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 see	obj
21	in	in	ADP	_	23 mirror	case
22	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 mirror	nmod:poss
23	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 see	obl
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 lorry	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a cyclist in London			a lorry		at a red light	tree rules
2	not see	can	a cyclist in London not said here	the driver's face		driver's mirror			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer face=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.

Sentence 2: What does that tell her?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 tell	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 tell	nsubj
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tell	iobj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present · do-support	that		London				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic

The options

Option 1

She is in the safest place on the road, right next to the big wheels

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	6 place	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 place	cop
3	in	in	ADP	_	6 place	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 place	det
5	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 place	amod
6	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 road	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 place	nmod
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 next	punct
11	right	right	ADV	_	12 next	advmod
12	next	next	ADV	_	6 place	parataxis
13	to	to	ADP	_	16 wheels	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 wheels	det
15	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 wheels	amod
16	wheels	wheel	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 next	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	She			the safest place		on the road	tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The driver cannot see her either, so she should drop back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj
7	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 see	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 drop	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 drop	advmod
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 drop	nsubj
11	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 drop	aux
12	drop	drop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 see	conj
13	back	back	ADV	_	12 drop	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	the driver	her = she				either property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	drop back	should	driver						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Lorries never turn at traffic lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lorries	lorry	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 turn	advmod
3	turn	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 lights	case
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lights	compound
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 turn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not turn	present	Lorries			traffic lights			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at light=Trajectory

Option 4

The driver is looking at her through the window

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 looking	aux
4	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 looking	obl
7	through	through	ADP	_	9 window	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 window	det
9	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 looking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	present · progressive	the driver			the window		at her = she	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at she=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

This page in Markdown → https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/t6/