Test 4 · Buses, trains and being seen

Which is true about being seen?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be, see

This is test 4 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	about	about	SCONJ	_	6 seen	mark
5	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 seen	aux:pass
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 true	advcl
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	tree rules
2	see	gerund · passive							vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»

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

Dark clothes are fine at night, as long as the street lamps are on

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 clothes	amod
2	clothes	clothes	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 long	punct
8	as	as	ADV	_	9 long	advmod
9	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	4 fine	conj
10	as	as	ADP	_	13 lamps	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 lamps	det
12	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 lamps	compound
13	lamps	lamp	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 long	obl
14	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 on	cop
15	on	on	ADV	_	4 fine	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Dark clothes				night	fine property	tree rules
2	is	present	Dark clothes not said here					on property	tree rules

Option 2

Reflective strips work only in sunshine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reflective	reflective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 strips	amod
2	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 work	nsubj
3	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	only	only	ADV	_	6 sunshine	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sunshine	case
6	sunshine	sunshine	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 work	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	Reflective strips	sunshine					vn knead-26.5 «NP V NP.material»: agent=Agent sunshine=Material

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Fluorescent colours help by day, reflective strips at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fluorescent	fluorescent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 colours	amod
2	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	by	by	ADP	_	5 day	case
5	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 strips	punct
7	reflective	reflective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 strips	amod
8	strips	strip	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	obl
9	at	at	ADP	_	10 night	case
10	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Fluorescent colours	reflective strips			day; night		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Fluorescent colours help most at night

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fluorescent	fluorescent	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 colours	amod
2	colours	colour	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 help	nsubj
3	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	3 help	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 night	case
6	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Fluorescent colours				night		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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