Test 9 · ★ · Roads and road signs

«crap, there's a crew digging the road, can we go watch close up» What is the right rule?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: crew, we, crap · What happens: be, dig, go, watch, close up · To what, where: road, right rule

This is test 9 · ★ 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	_	2 crap	punct
2	crap	crap	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 watch	nsubj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 's	punct
4	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	5 's	expl
5	's	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 crap	parataxis
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 crew	det
7	crew	crew	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 's	nsubj
8	digging	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	7 crew	acl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 road	det
10	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 digging	obj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 go	punct
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	14 go	aux
13	we	we	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs	14 go	nsubj
14	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 crap	parataxis
15	watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
16	close	close	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 watch	xcomp
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 close	compound:prt
18	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 close	punct
19	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 rule	nsubj
20	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 rule	cop
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 rule	det
22	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 rule	amod
23	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 close	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	15 watch	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	be in a quote	present	a crew		there	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	dig in a quote	gerund	a crew not said here	the road		vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent road=Theme
3	go in a quote	can	we			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	watch in a quote	present	crap			tree rules
5	close up in a quote	infinitive	crap not said here			vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient
6	is a	present		the right rule		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

Keep out of roadworks and follow the signs

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	4 roadworks	case
3	of	of	ADP	_	4 roadworks	case
4	roadworks	roadwork	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Keep	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 follow	cc
6	follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 signs	det
8	signs	sign	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 follow	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep out	imperative	you not said here	roadworks					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roadwork=Theme
2	follow	infinitive	you not said here	the signs					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme

Option 2

Go close but only for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advmod
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	4 only	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	2 close	conj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 minute	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minute	det
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here				minute	close property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Go close if you wear a bike helmet and stay behind the orange cones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 wear	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 wear	nsubj
5	wear	wear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 helmet	det
7	bike	bike	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 helmet	compound
8	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 wear	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 stay	cc
10	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
11	behind	behind	ADP	_	14 cones	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 cones	det
13	orange	orange	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 cones	amod
14	cones	cone	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 stay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			close property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	wear a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a bike helmet			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme
3	stay	infinitive	you not said here		the orange cones		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind cone=Location

Option 4

Go close if the machines are switched off

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	close	close	ADV	Degree=Pos	1 Go	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 switched	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 machines	det
5	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 switched	nsubj:pass
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 switched	aux:pass
7	switched	switch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Go	advcl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 switched	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					close property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	switch off a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		the machines					vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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