Test 3 · Crossing the road

Which is the safest place for a child to cross a road?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, cross · To what, where: safest place, road

This is test 3 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 place	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 place	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 child	det
8	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 place	nmod
9	to	to	PART	_	10 cross	mark
10	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 place	acl
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cross	obj
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 place	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the safest place				for a child	tree rules
2	cross	to-infinitive		a road					vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient

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

Just after a bend, where the road is quiet and few cars come

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	4 bend	advmod
2	after	after	ADP	_	4 bend	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 bend	det
4	bend	bend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 quiet	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	10 quiet	advmod
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 road	det
8	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 quiet	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 quiet	cop
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 bend	parataxis
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 come	cc
12	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 cars	amod
13	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 come	nsubj
14	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 quiet	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the road					quiet property	tree rules
2	come	present	few cars						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Between two parked vans, where it is short

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Between	between	ADP	_	4 vans	case
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 vans	nummod
3	parked	park	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 vans	amod
4	vans	van	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 short	punct
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	9 short	advmod
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 short	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 short	cop
9	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 vans	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	park	participle							vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it					short property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A straight stretch where drivers can see you from far away

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 stretch	det
2	straight	straight	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 stretch	amod
3	stretch	stretch	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 see	advmod
5	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stretch	acl:relcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 far	case
10	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 see	advmod
11	away	away	ADV	_	10 far	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	drivers	you				far property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 4

At the top of a hill, where you can see far

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 top	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 top	det
3	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 see	obl
4	of	of	ADP	_	6 hill	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 hill	det
6	hill	hill	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 top	nmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 top	punct
8	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	11 see	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
12	far	far	ADV	Degree=Pos	11 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	you			the top of a hill		far property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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