Test 2 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

Why might a driver who is turning right at a junction not stop for a boy who is crossing on the walk signal?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: driver, you, boy · What happens: turn, not stop, cross · To what, where: junction, walk signal

This is test 2 · ★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	7 turning	advmod
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 turning	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 driver	det
4	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 turning	nsubj
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 turning	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 turning	aux
7	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 stop	advcl
8	right	right	ADV	_	13 stop	advmod
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 junction	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 junction	det
11	junction	junction	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stop	obl
12	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	13 stop	advmod
13	stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 boy	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 boy	det
16	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 stop	obl
17	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 crossing	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 crossing	aux
19	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	16 boy	acl:relcl
20	on	on	ADP	_	23 signal	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 signal	det
22	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	23 signal	compound
23	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 crossing	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 stop	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	turn	might · progressive	a driver			vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	not stop	imperative	you not said here	a junction	for a boy; right property	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at junction=Location
3	cross	present · progressive	a boy	the walk signal		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «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

The boy is crossing at the wrong colour

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crossing	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 crossing	aux
4	crossing	cross	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 colour	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 colour	det
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 colour	amod
8	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 crossing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cross	present · progressive	the boy			the wrong colour			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Turning drivers never have to stop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 drivers	amod
2	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 have	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	roles by
1	turn	gerund		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
2	not have	present	Turning drivers	tree rules
3	stop	to-infinitive	Turning drivers not said here	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

The walk signal does not count for any cars that are turning a corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 signal	det
2	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 signal	compound
3	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 count	nsubj
4	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 count	aux
5	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 count	advmod
6	count	count	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 cars	case
8	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	9 cars	det
9	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 count	obl
10	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 turning	nsubj
11	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 turning	aux
12	turning	turn	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 cars	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 corner	det
14	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 turning	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not count	present · do-support	the walk signal					for any cars	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	turn	present · progressive	any cars	a corner					vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The driver may be watching the other traffic and not see him

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 watching	nsubj
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 watching	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	5 watching	aux
5	watching	watch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 traffic	det
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 traffic	amod
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 watching	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 see	cc
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 watching	conj
12	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	may · progressive	the driver	the other traffic					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traffic=Theme
2	not see	infinitive	the driver not said here	driver					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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