Test 3 · ★ · Roads and road signs

«mate said we can walk on the motorway, it's quicker to the shop» What is the right answer?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, we · What happens: say, walk, be · To what, where: motorway, right answer · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» 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 said	punct
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 said	nsubj
3	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 walk	nsubj
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 walk	aux
6	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 said	ccomp
7	on	on	ADP	_	9 motorway	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 motorway	det
9	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 quicker	punct
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 quicker	nsubj
12	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 quicker	cop
13	quicker	quick	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 walk	parataxis
14	to	to	ADP	_	16 shop	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 shop	det
16	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 quicker	obl
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	13 quicker	punct
18	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 answer	nsubj
19	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 answer	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 answer	det
21	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 answer	amod
22	answer	answer	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	parataxis
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 said	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	past	mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	walk in a quote	can	we		the motorway		tree rules
3	is in a quote	present	mate			to the shop; quick property	tree rules
4	be speech: assert	present		the right answer			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

It is fine if you wear a coat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
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	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 wear	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 wear	nsubj
6	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 coat	det
8	coat	coat	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 wear	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	wear a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a coat					vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=Theme

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never walk on a motorway; it is only for vehicles

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 walk	advmod
2	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 motorway	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 motorway	det
5	motorway	motorway	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 walk	obl
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 vehicles	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 vehicles	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 vehicles	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 vehicles	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 vehicles	case
11	vehicles	vehicle	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not walk	imperative	you not said here			a motorway			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on motorway=Trajectory
2	is	present	motorway					for vehicles	tree rules

Option 3

It is fine if you walk on the white line in the middle, where the cars can see you

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
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	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 walk	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 walk	nsubj
6	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 line	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 line	det
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 line	amod
10	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 middle	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 middle	det
13	middle	middle	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	obl
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 see	punct
15	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	19 see	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 cars	det
17	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 see	nsubj
18	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 see	aux
19	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 fine	parataxis
20	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	19 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	is	present				fine property	tree rules
2	walk a condition, not said to happen	present	you		the white line	in the middle	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on line=Trajectory
3	see	can	the cars	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 4

It is fine in the early morning

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
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	in	in	ADP	_	7 morning	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 morning	det
6	early	early	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 morning	amod
7	morning	morning	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	obl

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

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