Test 9 · Trains and the Underground

«a train with no driver?? i'm not sitting at the front, it'll crash» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i, front · What happens: not sit, crash, be · To what, where: driver, front, train

This is test 9 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	_	3 train	punct
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 train	det
3	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 crash	obl
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 driver	case
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	6 driver	det
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 train	nmod
7	??	??	PUNCT	_	11 sitting	punct
8	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 sitting	nsubj
9	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 sitting	aux
10	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 sitting	advmod
11	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 driver	acl:relcl
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 front	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 front	det
14	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sitting	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 train	punct
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 crash	nsubj
17	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 crash	aux
18	crash	crash	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 crash	punct
20	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 right	nsubj
21	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 right	cop
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 crash	ccomp
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 crash	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not sit in a quote	present · progressive	i	no driver not said here	the front		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent driver=Theme at front=Location
2	crash in a quote	future	front	a train with no driver			vn break-45.1 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
3	is	present				right property	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

Someone hides inside the front to drive it secretly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 hides	nsubj
2	hides	hide	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	inside	inside	ADP	_	5 front	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 front	det
5	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 hides	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 drive	mark
7	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 hides	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 drive	obj
9	secretly	secretly	ADV	_	7 drive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	present	Someone			the front			vn concealment-16-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent inside front=Location
2	drive	to-infinitive	Someone not said here	front				secretly property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory

Option 2

Right, driverless trains are only tested with no people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trains	amod
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	driverless	driverless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 trains	amod
4	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tested	nsubj:pass
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 tested	aux:pass
6	only	only	ADV	_	7 tested	advmod
7	tested	test	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	with	with	ADP	_	10 people	case
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 people	det
10	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tested	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	present · passive		Right driverless trains				with no people	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

Option 3

Right, it only works in cartoons

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Right	right	INTJ	_	5 works	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Right	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 works	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 works	advmod
5	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 cartoons	case
7	cartoons	cartoon	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 works	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	it					in cartoons	vn employment-95.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cartoon=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Computers drive it using signals from the track, and the DLR has done it since 1987

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 drive	nsubj
2	drive	drive	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 drive	obj
4	using	use	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	2 drive	advcl
5	signals	signal	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 using	obj
6	from	from	ADP	_	8 track	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 track	det
8	track	track	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 using	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 done	punct
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 done	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 DLR	det
12	DLR	DLR	PROPN	Number=Sing	14 done	nsubj
13	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 done	aux
14	done	do	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	2 drive	advcl
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 done	obj
16	since	since	ADP	_	17 1987	case
17	1987	1987	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 done	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	drive	present	Computers	it			vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme it=Trajectory
2	use	gerund	Computers not said here	signals	the track		vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signal=Patient
3	do	present · perfect	the DLR	track		since 1987	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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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