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title: It being given that a pedestrian in the United States is about to cr… — Eyes up: noticing your surroundings · tree and pragmatics
description: It being given that a pedestrian in the United States is about to cross a road, identify the direction from which the nearest traffic approaches. Exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatic
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# Exam question 2 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings

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It being given that a pedestrian in the United States is about to cross a road, identify the direction from which the nearest traffic approaches.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** pedestrian · **What happens:** give, be, cross, identify · **To what, where:** It, road, direction, nearest traffic approaches

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/everyday/11-eyes-up/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e2:1
# text = It being given that a pedestrian in the United States is about to cross a road, identify the direction from which the nearest traffic approaches.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	being	be	AUX	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	United	United	ADJ	NNP	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	States	State	PROPN	NNPS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	about	about	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	advcl	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
18	identify	identify	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obj	_	_
21	from	from	ADP	IN	_	26	case	_	_
22	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	26	nsubj	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	26	det	_	_
24	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	26	amod	_	_
25	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	26	compound	_	_
26	approaches	approach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | gerund · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | a pedestrian in the United States |  |  |  |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **cross** | to-infinitive | a pedestrian in the United States *not said here* | a road |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |
| 4 | **identify** | infinitive |  | the direction |  | the nearest traffic approaches |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent direction=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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From directly behind the pedestrian

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e2:o1:1
# text = From directly behind the pedestrian
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	2	case	_	_
2	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
3	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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From both directions with equal proximity

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e2:o2:1
# text = From both directions with equal proximity
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
4	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	equal	equal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	proximity	proximity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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From the left, traffic proceeding upon the right-hand side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e2:o3:1
# text = From the left, traffic proceeding upon the right-hand side
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	proceeding	proceeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 4 {#o4}

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From the right, traffic proceeding upon the left-hand side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:e2:o4:1
# text = From the right, traffic proceeding upon the left-hand side
1	From	from	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	proceeding	proceeding	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	appos	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
9	left	left	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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