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Test 5 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

A boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland after looking left and seeing nothing. Which lane might have a car he missed?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, lane · What happens: look, leave, see, have, miss · To what, where: nothing, car

This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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 from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland after looking left and seeing nothing.

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	root	root
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 steps	case
4	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 steps	compound
5	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 boy	nmod
6	off	off	ADP	_	8 kerb	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 kerb	det
8	kerb	kerb	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 steps	nmod
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Auckland	case
10	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 kerb	nmod
11	after	after	SCONJ	_	12 looking	mark
12	looking	look	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 boy	acl
13	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 looking	xcomp
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 seeing	cc
15	seeing	see	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 looking	conj
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	15 seeing	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 boy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	gerund	a boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland not said here						tree rules
2	leave	participle	a boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	gerund	a boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland not said here	nothing					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=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.

Sentence 2: Which lane might have a car he missed?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Which	which	DET	PronType=Int	2 lane	det
2	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	nsubj
3	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 car	det
6	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 missed	nsubj
8	missed	miss	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 car	acl:relcl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 have	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	might	which lane	a car					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient
2	miss	past	lane	a car not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus

The options

Option 1

The cycle lane, as cars do not use the near lane

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lane	det
2	cycle	cycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lane	compound
3	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 use	punct
5	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 use	mark
6	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 use	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 use	aux
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 use	advmod
9	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lane	acl:relcl
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lane	det
11	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 lane	amod
12	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	present · do-support	cars	the near lane					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lane=Patient

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

The far lane, with cars coming from his left

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lane	det
2	far	far	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lane	amod
3	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cars	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 cars	case
6	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lane	conj
7	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cars	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 left	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 left	nmod:poss
10	left	left	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	cars not said here			his left			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from left=Initial_Location

Option 3

No lane, because Auckland roads are one way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	DET	PronType=Neg	2 lane	det
2	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 way	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 way	mark
5	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 roads	compound
6	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 way	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 way	cop
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	9 way	nummod
9	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lane	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Auckland roads	one way					tree rules

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The nearest lane, with cars coming from his right

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 lane	det
2	nearest	near	ADJ	Degree=Sup	3 lane	amod
3	lane	lane	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 cars	punct
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 cars	case
6	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lane	conj
7	coming	come	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 cars	acl
8	from	from	ADP	_	10 right	case
9	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 right	nmod:poss
10	right	right	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 coming	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	gerund	cars not said here			his right			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme from right=Initial_Location

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