Exam question 4 · Staying up, screens and coming home late
Determine the conduct appropriate to a pedestrian who wishes to cross a road at a controlled crossing.
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, pedestrian · What happens: determine, wish, cross, control · To what, where: conduct, road, controlled crossing · Speech: someone speaks here
This is exam question 4 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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 | Determine | determine | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 conduct | det |
| 3 | conduct | conduct | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Determine | obj |
| 4 | appropriate | appropriate | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Determine | xcomp |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 pedestrian | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 pedestrian | det |
| 7 | pedestrian | pedestrian | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appropriate | obl |
| 8 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 wishes | nsubj |
| 9 | wishes | wish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 pedestrian | acl:relcl |
| 10 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 cross | mark |
| 11 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 wishes | ccomp |
| 12 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 road | det |
| 13 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cross | obj |
| 14 | at | at | ADP | _ | 17 crossing | case |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 crossing | det |
| 16 | controlled | control | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 crossing | amod |
| 17 | crossing | crossing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 cross | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 1 Determine | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | determine | imperative | you not said here | the conduct | appropriate property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic | |||
| 2 | wish | present | a pedestrian | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | cross not said to happen | to-infinitive | a road | a controlled crossing | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient | ||||
| 4 | control | participle | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: 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
He ought to wait until the green signal is displayed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 wait | nsubj |
| 2 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 wait | aux |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 wait | mark |
| 4 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 displayed | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 signal | det |
| 7 | green | green | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 signal | amod |
| 8 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 displayed | nsubj |
| 9 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 displayed | aux:pass |
| 10 | displayed | display | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 wait | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | ought | He | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | display | present · passive | the green signal | vn reflexive_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
He ought to cross whenever no vehicle is visible nearby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cross | aux |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 cross | mark |
| 4 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 visible | advmod |
| 6 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 7 vehicle | det |
| 7 | vehicle | vehicle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 visible | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 visible | cop |
| 9 | visible | visible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 cross | advcl |
| 10 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 9 visible | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | ought | He | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is | present | no vehicle | nearby, visible, whenever property | tree rules |
Option 3
He ought to cross at a run irrespective of the signal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 cross | nsubj |
| 2 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 cross | aux |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 cross | mark |
| 4 | cross | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 run | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 run | det |
| 7 | run | run | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cross | obl |
| 8 | irrespective | irrespective | ADV | _ | 4 cross | advmod |
| 9 | of | of | ADP | _ | 11 signal | case |
| 10 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 11 signal | det |
| 11 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 cross | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | ought | He | a run | of the signal; irrespective property | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of signal=Initial_Location |
Option 4
He ought to follow any companion who crosses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 follow | nsubj |
| 2 | ought | ought | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 follow | aux |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 follow | mark |
| 4 | follow | follow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 6 companion | det |
| 6 | companion | companion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 follow | obj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 crosses | nsubj |
| 8 | crosses | cross | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 companion | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | follow | ought | He | any companion | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Theme | ||||
| 2 | cross | present | any companion | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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