Test 12 · Crossing the road

car's far away, it'll stop if i go

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: car, i · What happens: stop, go

This is test 12 of lesson 41 «Crossing the road» 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	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	nsubj
2	's	's	PART	_	1 car	case
3	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 away	advmod
4	away	away	ADV	_	1 car	advmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 car	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 stop	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 go	mark
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 go	nsubj
11	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	future	car						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	go a condition, not said to happen	present	i						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Yes, if you wave at the driver

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wave	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 wave	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wave	nsubj
5	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 driver	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 driver	det
8	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wave	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present	you					at the driver	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at driver=Location

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, cars stop instantly if they see you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 stop	nsubj
4	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	instantly	instantly	ADV	_	4 stop	advmod
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 see	mark
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	nsubj
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	cars					instantly property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	see a condition, not said to happen	present	cars = car	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if it's driving slowly enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 driving	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 driving	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 driving	nsubj
5	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 driving	aux
6	driving	drive	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	6 driving	advmod
8	enough	enough	ADV	_	6 driving	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present · progressive	it					enough, slowly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, cars can't stop at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 stop	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 stop	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 stop	advmod
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 once	case
8	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	6 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stop	can	cars						vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location

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