--- title: A walker leaves a farm gate open behind him. What could happen? — Hiking and camping safely · tree and pragmatics description: A walker leaves a farm gate open behind him. What could happen? Test 4 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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/230-hiking-and-camping/t4/) [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/) / [Hiking and camping safely](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/230-hiking-and-camping/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Hiking and camping safely A walker leaves a farm gate open behind him. What could happen? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** walker, farm gate · **What happens:** leave, open, happen · **To what, where:** farm gate This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 230 «Hiking and camping safely» 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/230-hiking-and-camping/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A walker leaves a farm gate open behind him. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t4:1 # text = A walker leaves a farm gate open behind him. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 walker walker NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 leaves leave VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 7 open open VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 xcomp _ _ 8 behind behind ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | present | a walker | a farm gate | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **open** | present | a farm gate *not said here* | | | | | behind walker | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What could happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t4:2 # text = What could happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | could | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Animals could escape onto the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t4:o1:1 # text = Animals could escape onto the road 1 Animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 escape escape VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 onto onto ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **escape** | could | Animals | | | the road | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme onto road=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} The cows will stay calmer with more room ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t4:o2:1 # text = The cows will stay calmer with more room 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 cows cow NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 calmer calm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 xcomp _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 amod _ _ 8 room room NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | future | the cows | | | | | with more room; calm *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with room=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, because farm gates are only there for show ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t4:o3:1 # text = Nothing, because farm gates are only there for show 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 farm farm NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 6 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 7 only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 1 parataxis _ _ 9 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | farm gates | | | | | for show; there *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The farmer will be pleased to have fresh air in ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:230-hiking-and-camping:t4:o4:1 # text = The farmer will be pleased to have fresh air in 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 farmer farmer NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 5 cop _ _ 5 pleased pleased ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 fresh fresh ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 air air NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 in in ADP IN _ 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | future | the farmer | | | | | pleased *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | to-infinitive | the farmer *not said here* | fresh air | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Patient | **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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