--- title: electric car came right up behind me, didnt hear it — Thinking about noticing · tree and pragmatics description: electric car came right up behind me, didnt hear it Test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/t13/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Thinking about noticing](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/20-noticing-like-a-cat/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing electric car came right up behind me, didnt hear it **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** electric car, didnt · **What happens:** come, hear · **To what, where:** car This is test 13 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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/20-noticing-like-a-cat/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t13:1 # text = electric car came right up behind me, didnt hear it 1 electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 came come VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 right right ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 up up ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 behind behind ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 didnt didnt NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 10 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | past | electric car | | | | | behind me | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind i=Location | | 2 | **hear** | infinitive | didnt | car | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Look as well as listen, they're quiet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t13:o1:1 # text = Look as well as listen, they're quiet 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 as as ADV RB ExtPos=CCONJ 5 cc _ _ 3 well well ADV RB Degree=Pos 2 fixed _ _ 4 as as ADP IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 5 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 9 cop _ _ 9 quiet quiet ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 2 | **listen** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **is** | present | they | | | | | quiet *property* | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} They only drive at night ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t13:o2:1 # text = They only drive at night 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 drive drive VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | present | They | | | | night | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Only listen, never look ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t13:o3:1 # text = Only listen, never look 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 listen listen VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **listen** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Electric cars are always loud, so you'd hear it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t13:o4:1 # text = Electric cars are always loud, so you'd hear it 1 Electric electric ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 2 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 3 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 4 always always ADV RB PronType=Tot 5 advmod _ _ 5 loud loud ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 'd would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 hear hear VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 conj _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Electric cars | | | | | always, loud *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **hear** | would | you | it | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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. 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