Test 5 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights

Ella reckons the crossing button does nothing and it's just there to keep you busy. Right?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Ella, button · What happens: reckon, do, be, keep · To what, where: crossing button, nothing, you

This is test 5 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: Ella reckons the crossing button does nothing and it's just there to keep you busy.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	nsubj
2	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 button	det
4	crossing	crossing	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 button	compound
5	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 reckons	obj
6	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 reckons	conj
7	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	6 does	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 there	cc
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 there	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 there	cop
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 there	advmod
12	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	6 does	advcl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 keep	mark
14	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 there	advcl
15	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	14 keep	obj
16	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 keep	xcomp
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 reckons	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	reckon	present	Ella	the crossing button		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Agent button=Attribute
2	do	present	Ella not said here	nothing		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent nothing=Eventuality
3	is	present	button		there property	tree rules
4	keep	to-infinitive	button not said here	you	busy property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=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.

Sentence 2: Right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	root	root
2	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct

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

The options

Option 1

Yes, the lights never listen, they just change on a timer all day

The tree, 13 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 listen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 lights	det
4	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 listen	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 listen	advmod
6	listen	listen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 change	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 listen	punct
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 change	nsubj
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 change	advmod
10	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 timer	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 timer	det
13	timer	timer	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 change	obl
14	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	15 day	det
15	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 change	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not listen	present	the lights						vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	change	present	lights = light			a timer	day		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it tells the lights someone is waiting to cross

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 tells	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 tells	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 tells	nsubj
4	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 waiting	advcl
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lights	det
6	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tells	iobj
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 waiting	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 waiting	aux
9	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
10	to	to	PART	_	11 cross	mark
11	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 waiting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	it	the lights	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent light=Recipient
2	wait	present · progressive	someone		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	cross	to-infinitive	someone not said here		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

No, it calls the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 calls	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 calls	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 calls	nsubj
4	calls	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 police	det
6	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 calls	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	present	it	the police					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, it is only decoration

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 decoration	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 decoration	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 decoration	cop
5	only	only	ADV	_	6 decoration	advmod
6	decoration	decoration	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

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

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