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title: they reckon an electric car ran over a kid's foot in the car park co… — Thinking about noticing · tree and pragmatics
description: they reckon an electric car ran over a kid's foot in the car park cos nobody heard it coming Test 17 · ★★★ 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 17 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing

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they reckon an electric car ran over a kid's foot in the car park cos nobody heard it coming

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** they, electric car, nobody, car · **What happens:** reckon, run, hear, come · **To what, where:** foot, car

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This is test 17 · ★★★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t17:1
# text = they reckon an electric car ran over a kid's foot in the car park cos nobody heard it coming
1	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	reckon	reckon	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	ran	run	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	over	over	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	's	PART	POS	_	9	case	_	_
11	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
16	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	18	mark	_	_
17	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	18	nsubj	_	_
18	heard	hear	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
19	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	18	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | they |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | past | a electric car |  |  | a kid's foot |  | in the car park | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme over foot=Trajectory |
| 3 | **hear** | past | nobody | car |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **come** | gerund | car *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=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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It is gossip, so listening is always enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t17:o1:1
# text = It is gossip, so listening is always enough
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	appos	_	_
7	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	9	advmod	_	_
9	enough	enough	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | gossip |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **listen** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **is** | present | gossip |  |  |  |  | always, enough *property* | tree rules |

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

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Real lesson: electric cars can be silent at low speed, so look as well as listen

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t17:o2:1
# text = Real lesson: electric cars can be silent at low speed, so look as well as listen
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
7	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
8	silent	silent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	parataxis	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	low	low	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	so	so	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
15	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=CCONJ	18	cc	_	_
16	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	15	fixed	_	_
17	as	as	ADV	RB	_	15	fixed	_	_
18	listen	listen	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	14	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | can | electric cars |  |  | low speed |  | silent *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **listen** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Real lesson: electric cars are always louder than others, so the kid wasn't listening

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t17:o3:1
# text = Real lesson: electric cars are always louder than others, so the kid wasn't listening
1	Real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
4	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	8	advmod	_	_
8	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	amod	_	_
9	than	than	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
12	so	so	ADV	RB	_	17	advmod	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	listening	listen	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	appos	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | electric cars |  |  |  |  | than others; always, loud *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **listen** | past · progressive | the kid |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It proves car parks are only dangerous for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t17:o4:1
# text = It proves car parks are only dangerous for adults
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	proves	prove	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	parks	park	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	ccomp	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prove** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | car parks |  |  |  |  | for adults; dangerous *property* | tree rules |

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