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description: «street light came on and it's only 4 o'clock, broken innit» What is the likely reason? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Roads and road signs

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

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**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

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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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/31-roads-and-road-signs/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t8:1
# text = «street light came on and it's only 4 o'clock, broken innit» What is the likely reason?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	20	advcl	_	_
5	on	on	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	only	only	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
10	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	11	nummod	_	_
11	o'clock	o'clock	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	broken	break	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	amod	_	_
14	innit	innit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	11	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	amod	_	_
20	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | 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 |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Someone at the council pressed the wrong button for the whole town by mistake

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t8:o1:1
# text = Someone at the council pressed the wrong button for the whole town by mistake
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
5	pressed	press	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	town	town	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	mistake	mistake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o2}

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

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t8:o2:1
# text = In winter it gets dark early, and the light sensor noticed
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	winter	winter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	gets	get	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	sensor	sensor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
12	noticed	notice	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Street lights come on at 4 every day

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t8:o3:1
# text = Street lights come on at 4 every day
1	Street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	4	4	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obl	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | 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 {#o4}

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It turned on because it got cold

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t8:o4:1
# text = It turned on because it got cold
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	turned	turn	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
7	cold	cold	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | 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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