Test 1 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars A girl in Melbourne presses the button at the lights. A bus is still coming. What should she do?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: girl, bus · What happens: press, come, do · To what, where: button, lights
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 42 «Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars» 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 girl in Melbourne presses the button at the lights.
det nsubj case nmod det obj case det obl punct root A DET girl NOUN in ADP Melbourne PROPN presses VERB the DET button NOUN at ADP the DET lights NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 girl det 2 girl girl NOUN Number=Sing 5 presses nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Melbourne case 4 Melbourne Melbourne PROPN Number=Sing 2 girl nmod 5 presses press VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 button det 7 button button NOUN Number=Sing 5 presses obj 8 at at ADP _ 10 lights case 9 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 10 lights det 10 lights light NOUN Number=Plur 5 presses obl 11 . . PUNCT _ 5 presses punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 press present a girl in Melbourne the button the lights vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme
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: A bus is still coming.
det nsubj aux advmod punct root A DET bus NOUN is AUX still ADV coming VERB . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 bus det 2 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 5 coming nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 5 coming aux 4 still still ADV _ 5 coming advmod 5 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 6 . . PUNCT _ 5 coming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present · progressive a bus still vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Sentence 3: What should she do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX she PRON do VERB ? PUNCT 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 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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 girl vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Wave to the bus driver and cross
case det compound obl cc conj root Wave VERB to ADP the DET bus NOUN driver NOUN and CCONJ cross NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wave wave VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 to to ADP _ 5 driver case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 driver det 4 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 5 driver compound 5 driver driver NOUN Number=Sing 1 Wave obl 6 and and CCONJ _ 7 cross cc 7 cross cross NOUN Number=Sing 5 driver conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wave imperative you not said here the bus driver and cross vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to driver=Recipient
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Wait until the walk signal shows and the traffic stops
mark det compound nsubj advcl cc det nsubj conj root Wait VERB until SCONJ the DET walk NOUN signal NOUN shows VERB and CCONJ the DET traffic NOUN stops VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 until until SCONJ _ 6 shows mark 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 signal det 4 walk walk NOUN Number=Sing 5 signal compound 5 signal signal NOUN Number=Sing 6 shows nsubj 6 shows show VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Wait advcl 7 and and CCONJ _ 10 stops cc 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 traffic det 9 traffic traffic NOUN Number=Sing 10 stops nsubj 10 stops stop VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 shows conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait imperative you not said here vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 show present the walk signal vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent 3 stop present the traffic vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 3 Cross now, because she pressed the button and the bus must stop
advmod punct mark nsubj parataxis det obj cc det nsubj aux conj root Cross VERB now ADV , PUNCT because SCONJ she PRON pressed VERB the DET button NOUN and CCONJ the DET bus NOUN must AUX stop VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cross cross VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 now now ADV PronType=Dem 1 Cross advmod 3 , , PUNCT _ 6 pressed punct 4 because because SCONJ _ 6 pressed mark 5 she she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 6 pressed nsubj 6 pressed press VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin 1 Cross parataxis 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 button det 8 button button NOUN Number=Sing 6 pressed obj 9 and and CCONJ _ 13 stop cc 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 bus det 11 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 13 stop nsubj 12 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 13 stop aux 13 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Cross conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 cross imperative you not said here now vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 press past she the button vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme 3 stop must the bus vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 4 Cross behind the bus as it passes
nsubj case det nmod mark nsubj root Cross NOUN behind ADP the DET bus NOUN as SCONJ it PRON passes VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Cross cross NOUN Number=Sing 7 passes nsubj 2 behind behind ADP _ 4 bus case 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 4 bus det 4 bus bus NOUN Number=Sing 1 Cross nmod 5 as as SCONJ _ 7 passes mark 6 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 passes nsubj 7 passes pass VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 pass present Cross behind the bus vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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