Test 12 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

zebra crossing in leeds, step out straight away?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: zebra crossing · What happens: step out

This is test 12 · ★ 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	zebra	zebra	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 crossing	compound
2	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 step	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 leeds	case
4	leeds	leed	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 crossing	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 step	punct
6	step	step	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	out	out	ADP	_	6 step	compound:prt
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 step	advmod
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 step	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	step out	infinitive	zebra crossing in leeds					away property	vn run-51.3.2 «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

Yes, if you wave

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 wave	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 wave	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 wave	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wave	nsubj
5	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present	you						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, cars always stop at zebras, just go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 stop	advmod
5	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 zebras	case
7	zebras	zebra	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 stop	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	cars					at zebras; always property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at zebra=Location
2	go	infinitive	cars not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wait till the traffic has stopped

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	till	till	SCONJ	_	6 stopped	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 traffic	det
4	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stopped	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 stopped	aux
6	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Wait	advcl

#	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	stop	present · perfect	the traffic						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4

Yes, run across

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	across	across	ADV	_	3 run	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					across property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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