Test 1 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights

my mate says I can cycle up the inside of the lorry while it turns, it's waiting. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, I · What happens: say, cycle, turn, wait · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 of lesson 20 «Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 cycle	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 cycle	aux
6	cycle	cycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
7	up	up	ADP	_	9 inside	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 inside	det
9	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 cycle	nmod
10	of	of	ADP	_	12 lorry	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 lorry	det
12	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 inside	nmod
13	while	while	SCONJ	_	15 turns	mark
14	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 turns	nsubj
15	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 waiting	punct
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 waiting	nsubj
18	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 waiting	aux
19	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	15 turns	obl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	19 waiting	punct
21	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 waiting	xcomp
22	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	cycle	can	I	up the inside of the lorry	tree rules
3	turn	present	mate		vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
4	wait	present · progressive	mate	true property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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 · ✓ the right answer

No, never cycle on the inside of a turning lorry

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 cycle	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 cycle	punct
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 cycle	advmod
4	cycle	cycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	on	on	ADP	_	7 inside	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 inside	det
7	inside	inside	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 cycle	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	11 lorry	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 lorry	det
10	turning	turning	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lorry	compound
11	lorry	lorry	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 inside	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

No, but a scooter is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 fine	cc
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 scooter	det
5	scooter	scooter	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fine	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	a scooter					fine property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, lorries always see bikes in their big mirrors, so you're fine

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 see	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	lorries	lorry	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	nsubj
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 see	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 mirrors	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 mirrors	nmod:poss
9	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 mirrors	amod
10	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 bikes	nmod
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 fine	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 fine	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 fine	nsubj
14	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 fine	cop
15	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 see	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	present	lorries	bikes		lorries's big mirrors		always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus
2	is	present	you					fine property	tree rules

Option 4

Yes, if you go fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 go	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 go	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present	you					fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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