Test 10 · ★★ · Road and railway safety

«chill, the barriers are down but I can't see a train, we can nip across» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: barriers, I, chill · What happens: be, not see, nip · To what, where: train · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» 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	_	2 chill	punct
2	chill	chill	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 nip	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 down	punct
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 barriers	det
5	barriers	barrier	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 down	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 down	cop
7	down	down	ADV	_	2 chill	advmod
8	but	but	CCONJ	_	12 see	cc
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 see	nsubj
10	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 see	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 see	advmod
12	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 down	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 train	det
14	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 see	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 chill	punct
16	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 nip	nsubj
17	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	18 nip	aux
18	nip	nip	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
19	across	across	ADV	_	18 nip	advmod
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	18 nip	punct
21	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 right	nsubj
22	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 right	cop
23	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 nip	parataxis
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 nip	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	the barriers		down property	tree rules
2	not see in a quote	can	I	a train		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus
3	nip in a quote	can	chill		across property	tree rules
4	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

Only cars must wait, not walkers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 cars	advmod
2	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wait	nsubj
3	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 wait	aux
4	wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 walkers	punct
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 walkers	advmod
7	walkers	walker	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	must	cars	walkers					vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Fine, if you can't hear a train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 hear	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 hear	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hear	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 hear	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 hear	advmod
7	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fine	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 train	det
9	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 hear	obj

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

Option 3

Fine, if you can't see a train

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 see	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 see	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 see	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 see	advmod
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Fine	parataxis
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 train	det
9	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not see	can	you	a train					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus

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

Never cross when barriers are down: fast trains come quickly and take a long way to stop

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 cross	advmod
2	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	6 down	advmod
4	barriers	barrier	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 down	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 down	cop
6	down	down	ADV	_	2 cross	advmod
7	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 come	punct
8	fast	fast	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 trains	amod
9	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 come	nsubj
10	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 cross	conj
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	10 come	advmod
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 take	cc
13	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 come	conj
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 way	det
15	long	long	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 way	amod
16	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 take	obj
17	to	to	PART	_	18 stop	mark
18	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	13 take	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not cross	imperative	you not said here			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	barriers		down property	tree rules
3	come	present	fast trains		quickly property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	take	infinitive	fast trains not said here	a long way		vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme
5	stop	to-infinitive	fast trains not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

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