Exam question 4 · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

Select the response that is consistent with the established facts concerning a vehicle reversing out of a driveway.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, response, established facts, vehicle · What happens: select, be, establish, concern, reverse out · To what, where: response, vehicle, driveway

This is exam question 4 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	Select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 response	det
3	response	response	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Select	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 consistent	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 consistent	cop
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 response	acl:relcl
7	with	with	ADP	_	10 facts	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 facts	det
9	established	establish	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	10 facts	amod
10	facts	fact	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 consistent	obl
11	concerning	concern	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 facts	acl
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 vehicle	det
13	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 concerning	obj
14	reversing	reverse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 vehicle	acl
15	out	out	ADP	_	18 driveway	case
16	of	of	ADP	_	18 driveway	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 driveway	det
18	driveway	driveway	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 reversing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the response		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme
2	is	present	the response		with the established facts; consistent property	tree rules
3	establish	participle				vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot
4	concern	gerund	the established facts not said here	a vehicle		vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus vehicle=Experiencer
5	reverse out	gerund	a vehicle not said here	a driveway		vn other_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent driveway=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

The driver may be unable to see a child situated behind the vehicle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 unable	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 unable	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 unable	cop
5	unable	unable	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 unable	xcomp
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj
10	situated	situate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 child	acl
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	13 vehicle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 vehicle	det
13	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 situated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	may	the driver			unable property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the driver not said here	a child			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus
3	situate	participle		a child not said here	the vehicle		vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent behind vehicle=Destination

Option 2

Reversing vehicles move too slowly to cause injury

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reversing	reverse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 vehicles	amod
2	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 move	nsubj
3	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	too	too	ADV	_	5 slowly	advmod
5	slowly	slowly	ADV	_	3 move	advmod
6	to	to	PART	_	7 cause	mark
7	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 move	advcl
8	injury	injury	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reverse	gerund				vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	move	present	Reversing vehicles		slowly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	cause	to-infinitive	Reversing vehicles not said here	injury		vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient

Option 3

The driver is always able to see clearly behind the vehicle by means of the mirrors

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 able	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 able	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 able	advmod
5	able	able	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 means	nsubj
6	to	to	PART	_	7 see	mark
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 able	xcomp
8	clearly	clearly	ADV	_	7 see	advmod
9	behind	behind	ADP	_	11 vehicle	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 vehicle	det
11	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl
12	by	by	ADP	_	7 see	obl
13	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	of	of	ADP	_	16 mirrors	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 mirrors	det
16	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 means	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	is	present	the driver		able, always property	tree rules
2	see	to-infinitive	the driver not said here	the vehicle	clearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	mean	present	able		of the mirrors	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent

Option 4

A reversing vehicle always sounds a warning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 vehicle	det
2	reversing	reverse	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 vehicle	amod
3	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sounds	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 sounds	advmod
5	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 warning	det
7	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sounds	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	reverse	gerund							vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	sound	present	a reversing vehicle	a warning				always property	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location warning=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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