Test 14 · Buses, trains and being seen

walking home in the dark, all black clothes, it's fine right

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: dark · What happens: walk, be · To what, where: black clothes, dark

This is test 14 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	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	14 right	advcl
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 walking	advmod
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 dark	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 dark	det
5	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 walking	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 walking	punct
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 clothes	det
8	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 clothes	amod
9	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	1 walking	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 walking	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 right	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 right	cop
13	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 right	amod
14	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	dark not said here	all black clothes		the dark		home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme in dark=Trajectory
2	is	present	dark					right property	tree rules

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

Black is fine, cars have lights so they'll see you anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Black	black	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 see	advmod
9	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
10	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	parataxis
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 see	obj
13	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Black		fine property	tree rules
2	have	present	cars	lights		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient
3	see	future	cars = car	you	anyway property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wear something bright or reflective so drivers see you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Wear	obj
3	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 something	amod
4	or	or	CCONJ	_	5 reflective	cc
5	reflective	reflective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bright	conj
6	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 see	mark
7	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 see	nsubj
8	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wear	advcl
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	imperative	you not said here	something					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme
2	see	present	drivers	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 3

Walk faster so it is shorter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	faster	fast	ADV	Degree=Cmp	1 Walk	advmod
3	so	so	ADV	_	6 shorter	advmod
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 shorter	nsubj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 shorter	cop
6	shorter	short	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	1 Walk	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here					fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	it					short property	tree rules

Option 4

Walk in the middle of the road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 middle	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 middle	det
4	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 road	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 road	det
7	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 middle	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the middle of the road			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Trajectory

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