Test 12 · Buses, trains and being seen
train platform, can i stand over the yellow line
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i · What happens: stand · To what, where: train platform, yellow line
This is test 12 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 platform | compound |
| 2 | platform | platform | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stand | punct |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 stand | aux |
| 5 | i | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 6 stand | nsubj |
| 6 | stand | stand | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 platform | acl:relcl |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 line | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 line | det |
| 9 | yellow | yellow | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 line | amod |
| 10 | line | line | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 stand | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stand | can | i | train platform not said here | the yellow line | vn put_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent platform=Theme over line=Destination |
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 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, if you hold on
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 5 hold | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 hold | mark |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 hold | nsubj |
| 5 | hold | hold | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 hold | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hold on | present | you | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2
Yes, if no train is coming
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 7 coming | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 7 coming | mark |
| 4 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 5 train | det |
| 5 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 coming | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 coming | aux |
| 7 | coming | come | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present · progressive | no train | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Yes, to get on first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 get | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 get | mark |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 6 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get on | to-infinitive | first property | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, stay behind it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 3 stay | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 it | case |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 stay | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | it | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind it=Location |
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