Test 8 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

Why is the walk signal not a reason to stop looking?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · What happens: be, stop, look · To what, where: walk signal

This is test 8 · ★ 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	5 signal	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 signal	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 signal	det
4	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 signal	compound
5	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 reason	nsubj
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 reason	advmod
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 reason	det
8	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	to	to	PART	_	10 stop	mark
10	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 reason	acl
11	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 stop	xcomp
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the walk signal	tree rules
2	stop	to-infinitive		vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
3	look	gerund		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

Walk signals never work in the rain

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 signals	compound
2	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 work	nsubj
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 work	advmod
4	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	7 rain	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rain	det
7	rain	rain	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 work	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	infinitive							vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not work	present	Walk signals					in the rain	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in rain=Theme

Option 2

Cars drive on the pavement at crossings

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drive	nsubj
2	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 pavement	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 pavement	det
5	pavement	pavement	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 drive	obl
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 crossings	case
7	crossings	crossing	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drive	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	drive	present	Cars			the pavement		at crossings	vn put_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.initial_location PP.destination»: agent=Agent on pavement=Destination at crossing=Initial_Location

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

Some drivers make mistakes or do not see the light

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	2 drivers	det
2	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	nsubj
3	make	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	mistakes	mistake	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 make	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 see	cc
6	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 see	aux
7	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 see	advmod
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 make	conj
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 light	det
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	some drivers	mistakes					vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mistake=Product
2	not see	infinitive · do-support	some drivers not said here	the light					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer light=Stimulus

Option 4

The signal changes colour too quickly to be sure of it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 signal	det
2	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changes	nsubj
3	changes	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 changes	obj
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 quickly	advmod
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	3 changes	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	9 sure	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 sure	cop
9	sure	sure	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 changes	advcl
10	of	of	ADP	_	11 it	case
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 sure	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	present	the signal	colour				quickly property	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent colour=Patient
2	is	to-infinitive	the signal not said here					of signal; sure property	tree rules

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