Test 6 · Crossing the road
A boy is in the middle of the road when a car turns into the street. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, car · What happens: be, turn, do · To what, where: middle, street
This is test 6 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
Sentence 1: A boy is in the middle of the road when a car turns into the street.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 middle | nsubj |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 middle | cop |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 middle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 middle | det |
| 6 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 road | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 road | det |
| 9 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 middle | nmod |
| 10 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 13 turns | mark |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 car | det |
| 12 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 turns | nsubj |
| 13 | turns | turn | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 middle | advcl |
| 14 | into | into | ADP | _ | 16 street | case |
| 15 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 street | det |
| 16 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 turns | obl |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 middle | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | a boy | the middle | of the road | tree rules | |||
| 2 | turn | present | a car | the street | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into street=Trajectory |
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.
Sentence 2: What should he do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Stop and wait in the middle of the road
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 3 wait | cc |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 middle | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 middle | det |
| 6 | middle | middle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wait | obl |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 road | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 road | det |
| 9 | road | road | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 middle | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | the middle of the road | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location |
Option 2
Turn round and run back as fast as he can to where he started
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Turn | turn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | round | round | ADV | _ | 1 Turn | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 run | cc |
| 4 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Turn | conj |
| 5 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 run | advmod |
| 6 | as | as | ADV | _ | 7 fast | advmod |
| 7 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 4 run | advmod |
| 8 | as | as | SCONJ | _ | 10 can | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 can | nsubj |
| 10 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 fast | advcl |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 where | case |
| 12 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 14 started | advmod |
| 13 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 started | nsubj |
| 14 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 fast | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | turn round | imperative | you not said here | round property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | run back | infinitive | you not said here | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | start | past | he | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
Option 3
Run diagonally to the nearest side
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | diagonally | diagonally | ADV | _ | 1 Run | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 side | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 side | det |
| 5 | nearest | near | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 6 side | amod |
| 6 | side | side | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Run | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | to the nearest side result; diagonally property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to side=Result |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Keep walking straight across, without running
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 3 | straight | straight | ADV | _ | 4 across | advmod |
| 4 | across | across | ADV | _ | 2 walking | advmod |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 running | punct |
| 6 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 7 running | mark |
| 7 | running | run | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 1 Keep | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | walk | gerund | you not said here | across property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | run | gerund | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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