Test 16 · Crossing the road

Tom says cars can stop straight away if they see u. right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Tom, cars · What happens: say, stop, see · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 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	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	aux
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 says	ccomp
6	straight	straight	ADV	_	7 away	advmod
7	away	away	ADV	_	5 stop	advmod
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 see	mark
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 see	nsubj
10	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	advcl
11	u.	u.	ADV	_	12 right	advmod
12	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 see	xcomp
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Tom		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	stop	can	cars	away property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	see a condition, not said to happen	present	cars = car	right property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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 the driver is quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 quick	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 quick	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 driver	det
5	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 quick	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 quick	cop
7	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the driver					quick property	tree rules

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

No, cars need many metres to stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	nsubj
4	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	many	many	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 metres	amod
6	metres	metre	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 need	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 stop	mark
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 need	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	cars	many metres					tree rules
2	stop not said to happen	to-infinitive	many metres not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Yes, unless it is raining

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 raining	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 raining	mark
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 raining	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 raining	aux
6	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	rain	present · progressive	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 4

Yes, modern brakes stop a car at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 stop	punct
3	modern	modern	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 brakes	amod
4	brakes	brake	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 car	det
7	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	9 once	case
9	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	5 stop	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	modern brakes	a car					vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality car=Eventuality

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