Exam question 2 · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

Identify the device known in the United Kingdom as a Belisha beacon.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: identify, know · To what, where: device, United Kingdom

This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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	Identify	identify	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 device	det
3	device	device	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Identify	obj
4	known	know	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 device	acl
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 Kingdom	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 Kingdom	det
7	United	United	PROPN	_	8 Kingdom	flat
8	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 known	obl
9	as	as	ADP	_	12 beacon	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 beacon	det
11	Belisha	Belisha	PROPN	Number=Sing	12 beacon	compound
12	beacon	beacon	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 known	obl
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Identify	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	identify	imperative	you not said here	the device					vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent device=Theme
2	know	participle		the device not said here		the United Kingdom		as a Belisha beacon	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as beacon=Attribute

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

A sign indicating a school ahead

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 sign	det
2	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	indicating	indicate	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 sign	acl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 school	det
5	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 indicating	obj
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	3 indicating	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	indicate	gerund	a sign not said here	a school				ahead property	vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot school=Topic

Option 2

A red light at a railway crossing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 crossing	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crossing	det
6	railway	railway	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crossing	compound
7	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

A flashing orange globe upon a black and white pole at a zebra crossing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 globe	det
2	flashing	flash	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 globe	amod
3	orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 globe	amod
4	globe	globe	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	10 pole	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 pole	det
7	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 pole	amod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 white	cc
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 black	conj
10	pole	pole	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 globe	nmod
11	at	at	ADP	_	14 crossing	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 crossing	det
13	zebra	zebra	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 crossing	compound
14	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 globe	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	flash	gerund							vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

A white light mounted upon a police car to warn traffic of an accident ahead

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 light	acl
5	upon	upon	ADP	_	8 car	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
7	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 car	compound
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mounted	obl:agent
9	to	to	PART	_	10 warn	mark
10	warn	warn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 mounted	advcl
11	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 warn	obj
12	of	of	ADP	_	14 accident	case
13	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 accident	det
14	accident	accident	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 traffic	nmod
15	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	10 warn	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mount	participle		a white light not said here					vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme
2	warn speech: warn	to-infinitive		traffic of a accident				ahead property	vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent traffic=Recipient

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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