Test 8 · ★ · Roads and road signs

«street light came on and it's only 4 o'clock, broken innit» What is the likely reason?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: street light, light · What happens: come on, be, break · To what, where: 4 o'clock, likely reason

This is test 8 · ★ 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	_	4 came	punct
2	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	compound
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	nsubj
4	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	20 reason	advcl
5	on	on	ADV	_	4 came	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 o'clock	cc
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 o'clock	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 o'clock	cop
9	only	only	ADV	_	11 o'clock	advmod
10	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	11 o'clock	nummod
11	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 came	conj
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 innit	punct
13	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 innit	amod
14	innit	innit	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 o'clock	conj
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 o'clock	punct
16	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	20 reason	nsubj
17	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 reason	cop
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 reason	det
19	likely	likely	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 reason	amod
20	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	20 reason	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	come on in a quote	past	street light		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is a in a quote	present	light	4 o'clock and broken innit	tree rules
3	break in a quote	participle			vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
4	is a	present		the likely reason	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 at the council pressed the wrong button for the whole town by mistake

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 pressed	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 council	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 council	det
4	council	council	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Someone	nmod
5	pressed	press	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 button	det
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 button	amod
8	button	button	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pressed	obj
9	for	for	ADP	_	12 town	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 town	det
11	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 town	amod
12	town	town	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pressed	obl
13	by	by	ADP	_	14 mistake	case
14	mistake	mistake	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 pressed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	press	past	Someone	the wrong button				for the whole town; by mistake	vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

In winter it gets dark early, and the light sensor noticed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 winter	case
2	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gets	xcomp
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 dark	advmod
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 noticed	punct
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 noticed	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 sensor	det
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 sensor	compound
11	sensor	sensor	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 noticed	nsubj
12	noticed	notice	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 gets	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	it				winter	dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	notice	participle	the light sensor						vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Street lights come on at 4 every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lights	compound
2	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 come	nsubj
3	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADV	_	3 come	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 4	case
6	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 come	obl
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 come	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come on	present	Street lights			4	day		vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at 4=Location

Option 4

It turned on because it got cold

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	2 turned	nsubj
2	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 turned	compound:prt
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	6 got	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 turned	advcl
7	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	turn on	past	It						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
2	get	past	it					cold property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

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