Test 6 · ★★ · Road and railway safety

«it's 6pm in December and I'm wearing all black, nobody's gonna hit me on my own street» What is the smart choice?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: it, I, 6 · What happens: be, wear, hit · To what, where: 6, all, me, own street, smart choice · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ 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	_	4 6	punct
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 6	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 6	cop
4	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	18 hit	nsubj
5	pm	p.m.	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 6	nmod:unmarked
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 December	case
7	December	December	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 pm	nmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 wearing	cc
9	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 wearing	nsubj
10	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 wearing	aux
11	wearing	wear	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 6	conj
12	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 wearing	obj
13	black	black	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 all	amod
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 hit	punct
15	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	17 gonna	nmod:poss
16	's	's	PART	_	15 nobody	case
17	gonna	gonna	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	nsubj
18	hit	hit	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
19	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	18 hit	obj
20	on	on	ADP	_	23 street	case
21	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	23 street	nmod:poss
22	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 street	amod
23	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	obl
24	»	»	PUNCT	_	23 street	punct
25	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	29 choice	nsubj
26	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	29 choice	cop
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 choice	det
28	smart	smart	ADJ	Degree=Pos	29 choice	amod
29	choice	choice	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 hit	parataxis
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	18 hit	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is a in a quote	present	it	6		pm in December nmod:unmarked	tree rules
2	wear in a quote	present · progressive	I	all			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent all=Source
3	hit in a quote	past	6	me	my own street		tree rules
4	is a	present		the smart choice			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

Black is fine, cars have bright lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Black	black	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 have	punct
5	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	nsubj
6	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lights	amod
8	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 have	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Black					fine property	tree rules
2	have	present	cars	bright lights					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient

Option 2

Only bikes need to be seen, not people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 bikes	advmod
2	bikes	bike	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	6 seen	mark
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 seen	aux:pass
6	seen	see	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 need	xcomp
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 people	punct
8	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 people	advmod
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 seen	obl:agent

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	bikes						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	see not said to happen	to-infinitive · passive	people						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3

Walk in the road so drivers see you better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	4 road	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 road	det
4	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
5	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 see	mark
6	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	nsubj
7	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 see	obj
9	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the road			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in road=Trajectory
2	see	present	drivers	you				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Wear bright or reflective things and carry a light, so drivers see you early

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 things	amod
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 reflective	cc
4	reflective	reflective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 bright	conj
5	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Wear	obj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 carry	cc
7	carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Wear	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 light	det
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 carry	obj
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 see	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	13 see	advmod
12	drivers	driver	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 see	nsubj
13	see	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Wear	parataxis
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 see	obj
15	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	13 see	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	wear	imperative	you not said here	bright things		vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent thing=Source
2	carry	infinitive	you not said here	a light		vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme
3	see	present	drivers	you	early property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

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