Exam question 3 · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

It being given that a pedestrian waits at a zebra crossing, select the course of action consistent with established guidance.

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: pedestrian · What happens: give, wait, select, establish · To what, where: It, zebra crossing, course

This is exam question 3 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	7 waits	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 pedestrian	det
6	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waits	nsubj
7	waits	wait	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 given	advcl
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 crossing	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 crossing	det
10	zebra	zebra	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 crossing	compound
11	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 waits	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 select	punct
13	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 waits	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 course	det
15	course	course	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 select	obj
16	of	of	ADP	_	17 action	case
17	action	action	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 course	nmod
18	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 action	amod
19	with	with	ADP	_	21 guidance	case
20	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	21 guidance	amod
21	guidance	guidance	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 consistent	obl
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive		It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	wait	present	a pedestrian		a zebra crossing	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crossing=Location
3	select	infinitive	a pedestrian not said here	the course of action		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent course=Theme
4	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot

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

To step into the road at once, since all vehicles are required by law to stop

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 step	mark
2	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	into	into	ADP	_	5 road	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 road	det
5	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 step	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 once	case
7	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 step	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 required	punct
9	since	since	SCONJ	_	13 required	mark
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 vehicles	det
11	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 required	nsubj:pass
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 required	aux:pass
13	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 step	advcl
14	by	by	ADP	_	15 law	case
15	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 required	obl
16	to	to	PART	_	17 stop	mark
17	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 required	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	step	to-infinitive			the road	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into road=Destination
2	require	present · passive	law	all vehicles		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition
3	stop	to-infinitive	law not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

To run across before any vehicle arrives

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 run	mark
2	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	across	across	ADV	_	2 run	advmod
4	before	before	SCONJ	_	7 arrives	mark
5	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	6 vehicle	det
6	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 arrives	nsubj
7	arrives	arrive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 run	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	to-infinitive						across property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	arrive	present	any vehicle						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

To cross only when a pedestrian light shows

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 cross	mark
2	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	8 shows	advmod
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 shows	advmod
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 light	det
6	pedestrian	pedestrian	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 light	amod
7	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shows	nsubj
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cross	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	to-infinitive							tree rules
2	show	present	a pedestrian light						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

To wait until the traffic has stopped before stepping into the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 wait	mark
2	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 stopped	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 traffic	det
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stopped	nsubj
6	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 stopped	aux
7	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 wait	advcl
8	before	before	SCONJ	_	9 stepping	mark
9	stepping	step	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 stopped	advcl
10	into	into	ADP	_	12 road	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 road	det
12	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 stepping	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	roles by
1	wait	to-infinitive			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stop	present · perfect	the traffic		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	step	gerund	the traffic not said here	the road	vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into road=Destination

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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