Test 4 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars A boy in Manchester waits at a zebra crossing. A car is coming fast and is still far away. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, car · What happens: wait, come, be, do · To what, where: zebra crossing
This is test 4 · ★ 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 boy in Manchester waits at a zebra crossing.
det nsubj case nmod case det compound obl punct root A DET boy NOUN in ADP Manchester PROPN waits VERB at ADP a DET zebra NOUN crossing NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 boy det 2 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 5 waits nsubj 3 in in ADP _ 4 Manchester case 4 Manchester Manchester PROPN Number=Sing 2 boy nmod 5 waits wait VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 6 at at ADP _ 9 crossing case 7 a a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 9 crossing det 8 zebra zebra NOUN Number=Sing 9 crossing compound 9 crossing crossing NOUN Number=Sing 5 waits obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 5 waits punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 wait present a boy in Manchester a zebra crossing vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crossing=Location
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 car is coming fast and is still far away.
det nsubj aux advmod cc cop advmod advmod conj punct root A DET car NOUN is AUX coming VERB fast ADV and CCONJ is AUX still ADV far ADV away ADV . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 A a DET Definite=Ind PronType=Art 2 car det 2 car car NOUN Number=Sing 4 coming nsubj 3 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 coming aux 4 coming come VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part root root 5 fast fast ADV Degree=Pos 4 coming advmod 6 and and CCONJ _ 10 away cc 7 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 10 away cop 8 still still ADV _ 9 far advmod 9 far far ADV Degree=Pos 10 away advmod 10 away away ADV _ 4 coming conj 11 . . PUNCT _ 4 coming punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 come present · progressive a car fast property vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is present a car not said here away, far property tree rules
Sentence 3: What should he do?
obj aux nsubj punct root What PRON should AUX he 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 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc 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 boy vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality
The options Option 1 Step out at once, since drivers must stop
compound:prt case obl punct mark nsubj aux conj root Step VERB out ADP at ADP once ADV , PUNCT since SCONJ drivers NOUN must AUX stop VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Step step VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 out out ADP _ 1 Step compound:prt 3 at at ADP _ 4 once case 4 once once ADV NumForm=Word NumType=Mult 1 Step obl 5 , , PUNCT _ 9 stop punct 6 since since SCONJ _ 9 stop mark 7 drivers driver NOUN Number=Plur 9 stop nsubj 8 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 9 stop aux 9 stop stop VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Step conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 step out imperative you not said here vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Trajectory 2 stop must drivers vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
Option 2 Run across before the car arrives
advmod mark det nsubj advcl root Run VERB across ADV before SCONJ the DET car NOUN arrives VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Run run VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 across across ADV _ 1 Run advmod 3 before before SCONJ _ 6 arrives mark 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 car det 5 car car NOUN Number=Sing 6 arrives nsubj 6 arrives arrive VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Run advcl
# 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 2 arrive present the car vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer Wait to see that it is stopping before stepping out
mark advcl mark nsubj aux advcl mark advcl compound:prt root Wait VERB to PART see VERB that SCONJ it PRON is AUX stopping VERB before SCONJ stepping VERB out ADP The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Wait wait VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 2 to to PART _ 3 see mark 3 see see VERB VerbForm=Inf 1 Wait advcl 4 that that SCONJ _ 7 stopping mark 5 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 7 stopping nsubj 6 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 7 stopping aux 7 stopping stop VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 3 see advcl 8 before before SCONJ _ 9 stepping mark 9 stepping step VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 7 stopping advcl 10 out out ADP _ 9 stepping compound:prt
# 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 see to-infinitive you not said here vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer 3 stop present · progressive it vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality 4 step out gerund vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 Turn away from the road so the driver knows he is not crossing
advmod case det obl mark det nsubj advcl nsubj aux advmod ccomp root Turn VERB away ADV from ADP the DET road NOUN so SCONJ the DET driver NOUN knows VERB he PRON is AUX not PART crossing VERB The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Turn turn VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin root root 2 away away ADV _ 1 Turn advmod 3 from from ADP _ 5 road case 4 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 road det 5 road road NOUN Number=Sing 1 Turn obl 6 so so SCONJ _ 9 knows mark 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 8 driver det 8 driver driver NOUN Number=Sing 9 knows nsubj 9 knows know VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Turn advcl 10 he he PRON Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 13 crossing nsubj 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 13 crossing aux 12 not not PART Polarity=Neg 13 crossing advmod 13 crossing cross VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 9 knows ccomp
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 turn away imperative you not said here the road away property vn banish-10.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent from road=Source 2 know present the driver vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus 3 not cross present · progressive driver vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
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