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Test 9 · ★ · Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags

You're on your bike next to a big lorry and you can't see its mirrors. What does that mean?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, that · What happens: be, not see, mean · To what, where: bike, mirrors

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 18 «Car safety: brakes, seat belts and airbags» of the technology 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: You're on your bike next to a big lorry and you can't see its mirrors.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 bike	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 bike	cop
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bike	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 bike	nmod:poss
5	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	next	next	ADV	_	5 bike	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 lorry	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lorry	det
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 lorry	amod
10	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 next	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 see	cc
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 see	nsubj
13	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 see	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 see	advmod
15	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 bike	conj
16	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 mirrors	nmod:poss
17	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 see	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 bike	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	You			your bike		next property	tree rules
2	not see	can	you	lorry's mirrors					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mirror=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: What does that mean?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 mean	obj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 mean	aux
3	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present · do-support	that						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic

The options

Option 1

The mirrors are folded for cleaning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 mirrors	det
2	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 folded	nsubj:pass
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 folded	aux:pass
4	folded	fold	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 cleaning	case
6	cleaning	cleaning	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 folded	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fold	present · passive		the mirrors				for cleaning	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Material for cleaning=Beneficiary

Option 2

The lorry is parked for good

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 lorry	det
2	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parked	nsubj:pass
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 parked	aux:pass
4	parked	park	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 good	case
6	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	park	present · passive		the lorry				for good	vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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

The driver can't see you either

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 see	nsubj
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj
7	either	either	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	the driver	you				either property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 4

The driver is waving at you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waving	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waving	aux
4	waving	wave	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 you	case
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 waving	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wave	present · progressive	the driver					at you	vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at you=Location

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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