Exam question 3 · Crossing the road

Identify the correct manner of crossing a road.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, correct manner · What happens: identify, cross · To what, where: correct manner, road

This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Crossing the road» 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 manner	det
3	correct	correct	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 manner	amod
4	manner	manner	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
5	of	of	SCONJ	_	6 crossing	mark
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 manner	acl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 crossing	obj
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the correct manner					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme
2	cross	gerund	the correct manner not said here	a road					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

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 · ✓ the right answer

Walking straight across without running, whilst continuing to look and listen

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 continuing	csubj
2	straight	straight	ADV	_	1 Walking	advmod
3	across	across	ADV	_	1 Walking	advmod
4	without	without	SCONJ	_	5 running	mark
5	running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walking	advcl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 continuing	punct
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	8 continuing	mark
8	continuing	continue	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 look	mark
10	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 continuing	xcomp
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 listen	cc
12	listen	listen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 look	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund		across, straight property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	run	gerund			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	continue	gerund	Walking		vn continue-55.3 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
4	look	to-infinitive	Walking not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	listen	infinitive	Walking not said here		vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Running diagonally so as to minimise the time spent in the road by the pedestrian

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Running	run	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 minimise	advcl
2	diagonally	diagonally	ADV	_	1 Running	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 minimise	advmod
4	as	as	SCONJ	_	6 minimise	mark
5	to	to	PART	_	6 minimise	mark
6	minimise	minimise	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 time	det
8	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 minimise	obj
9	spent	spend	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 time	acl
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spent	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	15 pedestrian	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 pedestrian	det
15	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 spent	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	gerund				diagonally property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	minimise	to-infinitive			time		tree rules
3	spend	participle	the time not said here	the road		by the pedestrian	vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Crossing between moving cars when there is a gap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 is	csubj
2	between	between	ADP	_	4 cars	case
3	moving	move	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 cars	amod
4	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Crossing	obl
5	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 is	advmod
6	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	7 is	expl
7	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 gap	det
9	gap	gap	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 is	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	cross	gerund			between moving cars	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	move	gerund				vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	be	present	a gap	there		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Walking slowly whilst reading a phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	1 Walking	advmod
3	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	_	4 reading	mark
4	reading	read	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walking	advcl
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 phone	det
6	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 reading	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						slowly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	read	gerund		a phone					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Topic

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