Test 8 · Trains and the Underground

You stand on a platform and a train is not stopping here. Where is the safe place?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: You, train, safe place · What happens: stand, not stop, be · To what, where: platform

This is test 8 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

Sentence 1: You stand on a platform and a train is not stopping here.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 stand	nsubj
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 platform	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 platform	det
5	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 stopping	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stopping	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 stopping	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 stopping	advmod
11	stopping	stop	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 platform	conj
12	here	here	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 stopping	advmod
13	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 stand	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	You			a platform			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on platform=Location
2	not stop	present · progressive	a train			here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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: Where is the safe place?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Where	where	ADV	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Where	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Where	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 Where	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the safe place					where property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Behind the yellow line, because the train is fast and its wind tugs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Behind	behind	ADP	_	4 line	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 line	det
3	yellow	yellow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 line	amod
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 fast	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 fast	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 train	det
8	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 fast	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fast	cop
10	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 line	amod
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 tugs	cc
12	its	its	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 wind	nmod:poss
13	wind	wind	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tugs	nsubj
14	tugs	tug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 fast	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	the train	fast property	tree rules
2	tug	present	train's wind		vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient
3	wind		train		nom wind «phenomenon transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

On the track side of the line, so the driver can see you and wave back

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	On	on	ADP	_	4 side	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 side	det
3	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 side	compound
4	side	side	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	obl
5	of	of	ADP	_	7 line	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 line	det
7	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 side	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	13 see	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 driver	det
11	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 see	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 see	aux
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 wave	cc
16	wave	wave	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 see	conj
17	back	back	ADV	_	16 wave	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	the driver	you		the track side of the line			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
2	wave back	present	the driver not said here						vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Right on the edge, so you can see it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADV	_	4 edge	advmod
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 edge	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 edge	det
4	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 see	punct
6	so	so	ADV	_	9 see	advmod
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 see	nsubj
8	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 see	aux
9	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 edge	acl:relcl
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	see	can	you	edge					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 4

Anywhere, because trains slow down at every station

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	5 slow	advmod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Anywhere	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 slow	mark
4	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 slow	nsubj
5	slow	slow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	down	down	ADP	_	5 slow	compound:prt
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 station	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 station	det
9	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 slow	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slow down	present	trains			every station		anywhere property	vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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