Test 4 · Trains and the Underground

«ugh, a train went past already, barriers still down, can't we just duck under» What is the answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: train, we · What happens: go past, not duck, be · To what, where: barriers, answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» 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	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct
2	ugh	ugh	INTJ	_	6 went	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 ugh	punct
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 train	det
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	past	past	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
8	already	already	ADV	_	6 went	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 barriers	punct
10	barriers	barrier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 went	obl:unmarked
11	still	still	ADV	_	12 down	advmod
12	down	down	ADV	_	10 barriers	advmod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 duck	punct
14	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 duck	aux
15	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 duck	advmod
16	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 duck	nsubj
17	just	just	ADV	_	18 duck	advmod
18	duck	duck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
19	under	under	ADP	_	21 What	case
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	19 under	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Rel	18 duck	nmod
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	24 answer	cop
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 answer	det
24	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 What	acl:relcl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 went	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go past in a quote	past	a train	barriers	past property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	not duck in a quote	can	we			tree rules
3	be speech: assert	present		the answer		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.

The options

Option 1

Yes, if you run fast enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	present	you					enough, fast property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, one train has gone, so it is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 gone	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 train	nummod
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gone	nsubj
5	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 gone	aux
6	gone	go	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 safe	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 safe	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 safe	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gone	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	present · perfect	one train						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	train					safe property	tree rules

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

No, wait: a second train may be coming

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 wait	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 coming	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 train	det
6	second	second	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 train	amod
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 coming	nsubj
8	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 coming	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 coming	aux
10	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 wait	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come	may · progressive	a second train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Only if you can't hear anything

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	6 hear	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 hear	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hear	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 hear	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 hear	advmod
6	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 hear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hear	can	you	anything					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer anything=Stimulus

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