Test 17 · Crossing the road

did u hear a girl got hit crossing on the bend by the school cos the car couldn't see her

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, car · What happens: hear, hit, cross, not see · To what, where: girl, bend · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hit	nsubj:pass
6	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 hit	aux:pass
7	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 hear	ccomp
8	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 hit	advcl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 bend	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bend	det
11	bend	bend	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crossing	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	14 school	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 school	det
14	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 crossing	obl
15	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	20 see	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 car	det
17	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 see	nsubj
18	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	20 see	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 see	advmod
20	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 hit	advcl
21	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	hit	past · passive		a girl			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme
3	cross	gerund			the bend	by the school	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not see	could	the car	girl			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

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

It proves only girls get hit by cars

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 girls	advmod
4	girls	girl	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hit	nsubj:pass
5	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hit	aux:pass
6	hit	hit	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 proves	ccomp
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 cars	case
8	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hit	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hit	present · passive	cars	girls					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Co-Theme

Option 2

It is gossip, so bends are fine to cross on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 fine	advmod
6	bends	bend	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 fine	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	parataxis
9	to	to	PART	_	10 cross	mark
10	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 fine	csubj
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 cross	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip		tree rules
2	is	present	bends		fine property	tree rules
3	cross	to-infinitive				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Real lesson: cars should never be allowed to drive anywhere near schools

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 allowed	punct
4	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 allowed	nsubj:pass
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 allowed	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 allowed	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 allowed	aux:pass
8	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 lesson	conj
9	to	to	PART	_	10 drive	mark
10	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 allowed	xcomp
11	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	10 drive	advmod
12	near	near	ADP	_	13 schools	case
13	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not allow	should · passive		cars					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality
2	drive not said to happen	to-infinitive	cars not said here			schools		anywhere property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: never cross on a bend; cross where drivers can see you

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 cross	advmod
5	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	appos
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 bend	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bend	det
8	bend	bend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 cross	punct
10	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	parataxis
11	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 see	advmod
12	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 see	nsubj
13	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 see	aux
14	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 cross	acl:relcl
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cross	infinitive				a bend			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	can	drivers	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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