Test 10 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars
the hand's flashing n i haven't stepped off the kerb yet, go?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: not step off, go · To what, where: flashing n
This is test 10 · ★ 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 hand | det |
| 2 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 n | nmod:poss |
| 3 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 2 hand | case |
| 4 | flashing | flashing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 n | compound |
| 5 | n | n | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stepped | nsubj:pass |
| 6 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 stepped | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 stepped | aux |
| 8 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 stepped | advmod |
| 9 | stepped | step | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 kerb | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 kerb | det |
| 12 | kerb | kerb | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 stepped | obl |
| 13 | yet | yet | ADV | _ | 9 stepped | advmod |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 go | punct |
| 15 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 stepped | conj |
| 16 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 9 stepped | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not step off | present · perfect · passive | the hand's flashing n | yet | off the kerb | tree rules | |||
| 2 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, flashing means go, just walk quicker
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 means | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | flashing | flashing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 means | nsubj |
| 4 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 4 means | ccomp |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 walk | punct |
| 7 | just | just | ADV | _ | 8 walk | advmod |
| 8 | walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 5 go | conj |
| 9 | quicker | quick | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 8 walk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | flashing | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | walk | infinitive | quick property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, run fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 run | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | fast | fast | ADV | Degree=Pos | 3 run | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | fast property | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
No, wait for the next walk signal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 wait | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | wait | wait | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 signal | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 signal | det |
| 6 | next | next | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 signal | amod |
| 7 | walk | walk | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 signal | compound |
| 8 | signal | signal | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | imperative | you not said here | for the next walk signal | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
Yes, wave at cars
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 wave | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | wave | wave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 cars | case |
| 5 | cars | car | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 wave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wave | imperative | you not said here | cars | vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at car=Location |
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