Test 15 · Crossing the road
crossing between the parked vans is quicker
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: crossing · What happens: cross, park, be
This is test 15 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 | crossing | cross | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 quicker | csubj |
| 2 | between | between | ADP | _ | 5 vans | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 vans | det |
| 4 | parked | park | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 vans | amod |
| 5 | vans | van | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 crossing | obl |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 quicker | cop |
| 7 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | gerund | between the parked vans | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | park | participle | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | is | present | crossing | quick property | tree rules |
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
Find a clear place where drivers can see you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Find | find | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 place | det |
| 3 | clear | clear | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 place | amod |
| 4 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Find | obj |
| 5 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 8 see | advmod |
| 6 | drivers | driver | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 see | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 see | aux |
| 8 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 place | acl:relcl |
| 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 | find | imperative | you not said here | a clear place | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent place=Topic | ||||
| 2 | see | can | drivers | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
Option 2
Run so you are seen faster
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 seen | advmod |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 seen | nsubj |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 seen | aux:pass |
| 5 | seen | see | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Run | advcl |
| 6 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 5 seen | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | see | present · passive | you | fast property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
Option 3
Cross between them, it is quicker and shorter
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | between | between | ADP | _ | 3 them | case |
| 3 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Cross | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 quicker | punct |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 quicker | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 quicker | cop |
| 7 | quicker | quick | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 1 Cross | parataxis |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 shorter | cc |
| 9 | shorter | short | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 7 quicker | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross | imperative | you not said here | between them = they | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | quick property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | be | tree rules |
Option 4
Cross with your hood up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cross | cross | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 hood | case |
| 3 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 hood | nmod:poss |
| 4 | hood | hood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Cross | obl |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 Cross | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | cross up | imperative | you not said here | with your hood | vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
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