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title: Identify the course of action to be taken by a pedestrian upon heari… — Sounds that warn · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the course of action to be taken by a pedestrian upon hearing a siren in the vicinity of a road. Exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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 rig
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# Exam question 3 · Sounds that warn

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Identify the course of action to be taken by a pedestrian upon hearing a siren in the vicinity of a road.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pedestrian · **What happens:** identify, take, hear · **To what, where:** course, siren, vicinity

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 12 «Sounds that warn» 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/12-sounds-that-warn/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:e3:1
# text = Identify the course of action to be taken by a pedestrian upon hearing a siren in the vicinity of a road.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	taken	take	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
9	by	by	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
13	hearing	hear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	siren	siren	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	vicinity	vicinity	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
19	of	of	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
20	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent course=Theme |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive · passive | a pedestrian |  |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hear** | gerund | a pedestrian *not said here* | a siren |  | the vicinity of a road |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer siren=Stimulus |

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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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To stand in the road and wave to the driver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:e3:o1:1
# text = To stand in the road and wave to the driver
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	wave	wave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
8	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the road |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in road=Location |
| 2 | **wave** | infinitive |  |  | the driver |  |  |  | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to driver=Recipient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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To remain upon the pavement until the emergency vehicle has passed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:e3:o2:1
# text = To remain upon the pavement until the emergency vehicle has passed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	remain	remain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	passed	pass	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **remain** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the pavement |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon pavement=Location |
| 2 | **pass** | present · perfect | the emergency vehicle |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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To cross the road with all possible speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:e3:o3:1
# text = To cross the road with all possible speed
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
7	possible	possible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | to-infinitive |  | the road |  |  |  | with all possible speed | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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To follow the vehicle to observe the emergency

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:12-sounds-that-warn:e3:o4:1
# text = To follow the vehicle to observe the emergency
1	To	to	PART	TO	_	2	mark	_	_
2	follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	observe	observe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | to-infinitive |  | the vehicle |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent vehicle=Theme |
| 2 | **observe** | to-infinitive |  | the emergency |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent emergency=Topic |

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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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