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title: why does mum say look around u in car parks — Thinking about noticing · tree and pragmatics
description: why does mum say look around u in car parks Test 14 · ★★★ 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 right.
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# Test 14 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing

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why does mum say look around u in car parks

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mum · **What happens:** say, look · **To what, where:** car parks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 14 · ★★★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t14:1
# text = why does mum say look around u in car parks
1	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
6	around	around	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · do-support | mum |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive |  |  |  | car parks |  | around u | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent around you=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 {#o1}

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Cars only ever drive forwards there, never backwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t14:o1:1
# text = Cars only ever drive forwards there, never backwards
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
4	drive	drive	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	forwards	forwards	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | infinitive | Cars |  |  | there | ever | backwards, forwards *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |

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

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Drivers reversing may not see you, so you must see them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t14:o2:1
# text = Drivers reversing may not see you, so you must see them
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	reversing	reverse	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reverse** | gerund | Drivers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **not** **see** | may | Drivers | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 3 | **see** | must | you | Drivers *= driver* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Car parks are boring otherwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t14:o3:1
# text = Car parks are boring otherwise
1	Car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	boring	boring	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Car parks |  |  |  |  | boring, otherwise *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You might find money on the ground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t14:o4:1
# text = You might find money on the ground
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | might | You | money |  | the ground |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=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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