Test 2 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights
shut up, the bus is there, just leg it across in front of it! What's the rule?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bus, rule · What happens: shut up, be, leg · To what, where: front
This is test 2 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
Sentence 1: shut up, the bus is there, just leg it across in front of it!
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut | shut | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | up | up | ADP | _ | 1 shut | compound:prt |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 there | punct |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 bus | det |
| 5 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 there | nsubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 there | cop |
| 7 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 1 shut | advmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 leg | punct |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 leg | advmod |
| 10 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 shut | obl |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 leg | nsubj |
| 12 | across | across | ADP | _ | 14 front | case |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 front | case |
| 14 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 shut | obl |
| 15 | of | of | ADP | _ | 16 it | case |
| 16 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 front | nmod |
| 17 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 1 shut | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shut up | imperative | you not said here | front of bus | vn subjugate-42.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | is | present | the bus | there property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | leg | bus | 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.
Sentence 2: What's the rule?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 rule | det |
| 4 | rule | rule | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the rule | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Run if you're fast
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 fast | mark |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 fast | nsubj |
| 4 | 're | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 fast | cop |
| 5 | fast | fast | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Run | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | you | fast property | tree rules |
Option 2
Only run if the driver waves
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 run | advmod |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 waves | mark |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 waves | det |
| 5 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 waves | compound |
| 6 | waves | wave | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 run | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Run, buses always wait for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 wait | punct |
| 3 | buses | bus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wait | nsubj |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 wait | advmod |
| 5 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Run | conj |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 children | case |
| 7 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | run | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | wait | present | buses | for children; always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never run in front of or behind a bus
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 run | advmod |
| 2 | run | run | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 front | case |
| 4 | front | front | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 run | obl |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 bus | case |
| 6 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 7 behind | cc |
| 7 | behind | behind | ADP | _ | 5 of | conj |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 bus | det |
| 9 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 front | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not run | imperative | you not said here | front of a bus | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory |
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