Test 8 · Crossing the road

Why does a crossing in London have the words LOOK RIGHT painted on the road?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: words · What happens: do, have, look, paint · To what, where: crossing, London, road

This is test 8 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	2 does	advmod
2	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 have	advcl
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 crossing	det
4	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 does	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 London	case
6	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 have	obl
7	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 words	det
9	words	word	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 LOOK	nsubj
10	LOOK	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 have	ccomp
11	RIGHT	right	ADV	_	12 painted	advmod
12	painted	paint	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 LOOK	advcl
13	on	on	ADP	_	15 road	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 road	det
15	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 painted	obl
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	7 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	do	present		a crossing			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crossing=Eventuality
2	have	present			London		tree rules
3	look	present	the words				vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	paint	participle	the words not said here		the road	right property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on road=Destination

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 tells drivers which way to turn

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 tells	nsubj
2	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tells	obj
4	which	which	DET	PronType=Int	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tells	obj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 turn	mark
7	turn	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	It	which way	drivers				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient way=Topic
2	turn	to-infinitive		which way not said here					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Visitors from right-driving countries tend to look left first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Visitors	visitor	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tend	nsubj
2	from	from	ADP	_	6 countries	case
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 countries	amod
4	-	-	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct
5	driving	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 countries	amod
6	countries	country	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Visitors	nmod
7	tend	tend	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 tend	xcomp
10	left	left	ADV	_	9 look	advmod
11	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	drive	gerund			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent
2	tend	present	Visitors from right driving countries		tree rules
3	look	to-infinitive	Visitors from right driving countries not said here	first, left property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

It means pedestrians must walk to the right

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	pedestrians	pedestrian	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 walk	nsubj
4	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 walk	aux
5	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	to	to	ADP	_	8 right	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 right	det
8	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	walk	must	pedestrians					to the right result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to right=Result

Option 4

London traffic comes only from the right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	London	London	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 traffic	compound
2	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 right	advmod
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 right	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 right	det
7	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	London traffic			the right			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from right=Initial_Location

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