Test 19 · Crossing the road

Leo ran across the road and a car honked and he tripped, people keep sharing it

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Leo, people · What happens: run, honk, trip, keep, share · To what, where: road, car

This is test 19 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	Leo	Leo	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 ran	nsubj
2	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ran	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 car	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 road	conj
9	honked	honk	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 car	acl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tripped	cc
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 tripped	nsubj
12	tripped	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	conj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 keep	punct
14	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 keep	nsubj
15	keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 ran	advcl
16	sharing	share	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	15 keep	xcomp
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 sharing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	run	past	Leo		the road and a car	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory
2	honk	participle		a car not said here		vn animal_sounds-38 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	trip	past	Leo			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	keep	present	people			tree rules
5	share	gerund	people not said here	car		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

Do not share it; he could have been hurt and it would embarrass him

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 share	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 share	advmod
3	share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 share	obj
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 hurt	punct
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 hurt	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 hurt	aux
8	have	have	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 hurt	aux
9	been	be	AUX	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	10 hurt	aux:pass
10	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 share	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 embarrass	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 embarrass	nsubj
13	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 embarrass	aux
14	embarrass	embarrass	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 hurt	conj
15	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 embarrass	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not share	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it	tree rules
2	hurt	could · perfect · passive		he	vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
3	embarrass	would	it	him = he	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus he=Experiencer

Option 2

Share it, and add that he cried

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 add	cc
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Share	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	8 cried	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 cried	nsubj
8	cried	cry	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 add	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it	tree rules
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	cry speech: express	past	he		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Share it, it is funny because he tripped and everyone saw him fall over

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 funny	punct
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 funny	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 funny	cop
6	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Share	parataxis
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 tripped	mark
8	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tripped	nsubj
9	tripped	trip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 funny	advcl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 saw	cc
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	12 saw	nsubj
12	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 tripped	conj
13	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 saw	obj
14	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 saw	xcomp
15	over	over	ADV	_	14 fall	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it		tree rules
2	is	present	it		funny property	tree rules
3	trip	past	he			vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	see	past	everyone	him = he		tree rules
5	fall over	infinitive	him = he not said here		over property	vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Share it, so he learns his lesson

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Share	share	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Share	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 learns	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 learns	advmod
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 learns	nsubj
6	learns	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Share	parataxis
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 lesson	nmod:poss
8	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 learns	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	share	imperative	you not said here	it					tree rules
2	learn	present	he	his lesson					vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lesson=Topic

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