Test 18 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

my mate says when the green man shows u can just go without looking, the cars have to stop

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, green man, u, cars · What happens: say, show, go, look, have, stop · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	8 shows	advmod
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shows	nsubj
8	shows	show	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
9	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 go	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 go	aux
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 go	advmod
12	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 shows	ccomp
13	without	without	SCONJ	_	14 looking	mark
14	looking	look	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	12 go	advcl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 have	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cars	det
17	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 have	nsubj
18	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	parataxis
19	to	to	PART	_	20 stop	mark
20	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 have	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	show	present	the green man	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	go	can	u	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	look	gerund	u not said here	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
5	have	present	the cars	tree rules
6	stop	to-infinitive	the cars not said here	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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

He is right, drivers always stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stop	punct
5	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 stop	nsubj
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 stop	advmod
7	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	stop	present	drivers					always property	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 2

He is right, the green man means no cars can come, so you never need to look

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 means	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 man	det
6	green	green	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 man	amod
7	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 means	nsubj
8	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 cars	det
10	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 come	nsubj
11	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 come	aux
12	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 means	ccomp
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 need	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	17 need	advmod
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 need	nsubj
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 need	advmod
17	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 look	mark
19	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	He	right property	tree rules
2	mean	present	the green man		vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come	can	no cars		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	not need	present	you		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot
5	look	to-infinitive	He not said here		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

He is right, if you walk quickly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 walk	punct
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 walk	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 walk	nsubj
7	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	7 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	walk a condition, not said to happen	present	you					quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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

Not safe; even with the walk signal look both ways, a car may still be turning

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	2 safe	advmod
2	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 turning	mark
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 look	punct
4	even	even	ADV	_	8 signal	advmod
5	with	with	ADP	_	8 signal	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 signal	det
7	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 signal	compound
8	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	nsubj
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 safe	parataxis
10	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	11 ways	det
11	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 look	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 car	punct
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 car	det
14	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ways	appos
15	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 turning	aux
16	still	still	ADV	_	18 turning	advmod
17	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	18 turning	aux
18	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	infinitive	the walk signal	both ways					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
2	turn	may · progressive					still		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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