Test 4 · ★★ · Road and railway safety

«that goods train's stopped, dare ya to climb on the roof» What is right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: stop, dare, climb, be · To what, where: ya, roof · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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	_	6 stopped	punct
2	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 train	det
3	goods	goods	NOUN	Number=Ptan	4 train	compound
4	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 stopped	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 train	case
6	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dare	punct
8	dare	dare	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stopped	xcomp
9	ya	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 dare	obj
10	to	to	PART	_	11 climb	mark
11	climb	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 dare	xcomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 roof	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 roof	det
14	roof	roof	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 climb	obl
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	6 stopped	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 right	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 right	cop
18	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 stopped	parataxis
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 stopped	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	stop in a quote	participle				vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	dare in a quote	infinitive	ya			vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic
3	climb in a quote	to-infinitive		the roof		vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Trajectory
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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never: overhead wires can kill without touching them, and it's illegal

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 kill	advmod
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 kill	punct
3	overhead	overhead	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 wires	amod
4	wires	wire	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 kill	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 kill	aux
6	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	without	without	SCONJ	_	8 touching	mark
8	touching	touch	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	6 kill	advcl
9	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 touching	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 illegal	punct
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 illegal	cc
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 illegal	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 illegal	cop
14	illegal	illegal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kill	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not kill	can	overhead wires			vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer
2	touch	gerund	overhead wires not said here	wires = wire		vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme
3	is	present	it		illegal property	tree rules

Option 2

Fine, if the train has no engine on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 train	det
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Fine	conj
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 engine	det
8	engine	engine	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	obj
9	on	on	ADP	_	1 Fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	the train	no engine					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engine=Patient

Option 3

Fine, if you are quick

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 quick	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 quick	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 quick	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 quick	cop
6	quick	quick	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Fine	conj

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

Option 4

Fine, a stopped train can't hurt you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 hurt	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Fine	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 train	det
4	stopped	stop	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 train	amod
5	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hurt	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hurt	advmod
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 hurt	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	participle							vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	not hurt	can	a stopped train	you					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient

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