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title: A boy in Sydney steps off the kerb after looking only to his left. W… — Eyes up: noticing your surroundings · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Sydney steps off the kerb after looking only to his left. Which danger did he miss? Test 3 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday 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 3 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings

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A boy in Sydney steps off the kerb after looking only to his left. Which danger did he miss?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, danger · **What happens:** step off, look, miss · **To what, where:** kerb

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This is test 3 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday 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/everyday/11-eyes-up/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Sydney steps off the kerb after looking only to his left.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t3:1
# text = A boy in Sydney steps off the kerb after looking only to his left.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Sydney	Sydney	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	steps	step	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kerb	kerb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step off** | present | a boy in Sydney | the kerb |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location kerb=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | a boy in Sydney *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to boy's left | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent to left=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which danger did he miss?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t3:2
# text = Which danger did he miss?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	miss	miss	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **miss** | past · do-support | which danger |  |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Cars coming from his left, in the nearest lane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t3:o1:1
# text = Cars coming from his left, in the nearest lane
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund | Cars and the nearest lane *not said here* |  |  | his left |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from left=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Cars coming from his right, in the nearest lane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t3:o2:1
# text = Cars coming from his right, in the nearest lane
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	10	amod	_	_
10	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund | Cars and the nearest lane *not said here* |  |  | his right |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from right=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Bikes, which only ride on the footpath

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t3:o3:1
# text = Bikes, which only ride on the footpath
1	Bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	obj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	ride	ride	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	footpath	footpath	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | Bikes |  |  | the footpath |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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None, because cars always stop for people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t3:o4:1
# text = None, because cars always stop for people
1	None	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | cars |  |  |  |  | for people; always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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