Test 18 · Crossing the road

my cousin from England says u always look right first, so that's the rule everywhere

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, u, that · What happens: say, look, be · To what, where: rule · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
3	from	from	ADP	_	4 England	case
4	England	England	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 cousin	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 look	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 look	advmod
8	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
9	right	right	ADV	_	10 first	advmod
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	8 look	advmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 rule	punct
12	so	so	SCONJ	_	16 rule	mark
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	16 rule	nsubj
14	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 rule	cop
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 rule	det
16	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 look	conj
17	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	16 rule	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin from England			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	look	present	u		always, first property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
3	is a	present	that	the rule	everywhere 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

He is right; it is the rule in every country

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 rule	punct
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 rule	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 rule	cop
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 rule	det
8	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 country	case
10	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	11 country	det
11	country	country	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 rule	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a	present	it	the rule		every country			tree rules

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

Not everywhere; where cars drive on the right, as in the USA, you look left first

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 everywhere	advmod
2	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	root	root
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	17 look	punct
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	6 drive	advmod
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 drive	nsubj
6	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	17 look	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 right	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 right	det
9	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drive	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 USA	punct
11	as	as	ADP	_	14 USA	case
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 USA	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 USA	det
14	USA	USA	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 drive	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 drive	punct
16	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 look	nsubj
17	look	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 everywhere	advcl
18	left	left	ADV	_	17 look	advmod
19	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	17 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	cars			the right		as the USA	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme
2	look	present	you					first, left property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

He is right, unless it is raining

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 raining	punct
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	8 raining	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 raining	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 raining	aux
8	raining	rain	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 right	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	rain a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	it						vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme»

Option 4

He is right, look right only in cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 look	punct
5	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
6	right	right	ADV	_	5 look	advmod
7	only	only	ADV	_	9 cities	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 cities	case
9	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	look	infinitive						in cities; right property	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in city=Theme

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