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title: On a rainy walk to school, why is it safer to walk away from the kerb? — Rain, floods and storms · tree and pragmatics
description: On a rainy walk to school, why is it safer to walk away from the kerb? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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 8 · ★ · Rain, floods and storms

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On a rainy walk to school, why is it safer to walk away from the kerb?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** it · **What happens:** be, walk away · **To what, where:** rainy walk, kerb

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 235 «Rain, floods and storms» 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/235-rain-floods-and-storms/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t8:1
# text = On a rainy walk to school, why is it safer to walk away from the kerb?
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	rainy	rainy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
8	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	from	from	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	kerb	kerb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  | a rainy walk to school |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk away** | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the kerb |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from kerb=Source |

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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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Drivers see you much better when it is raining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t8:o1:1
# text = Drivers see you much better when it is raining
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	obj	_	_
4	much	much	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	better	good	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	xcomp	_	_
6	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | Drivers | you |  |  |  | good *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 2 | **rain** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Puddles are always deeper away from the road, so it is drier there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t8:o2:1
# text = Puddles are always deeper away from the road, so it is drier there
1	Puddles	puddle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	deeper	deep	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	cop	_	_
13	drier	dry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	4	conj	_	_
14	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Puddles |  |  | there |  | always, away, deep *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | road |  |  |  |  | dry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The pavement is always drier near the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t8:o3:1
# text = The pavement is always drier near the road
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	5	advmod	_	_
5	drier	dry	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the pavement |  |  | the road |  | always, dry *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cars splash and need longer to stop on wet roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:235-rain-floods-and-storms:t8:o4:1
# text = Cars splash and need longer to stop on wet roads
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	splash	splash	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
5	longer	long	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	wet	wet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **splash** | present | Cars |  |  |  |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **need** | present | Cars *not said here* |  |  |  |  | long *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **stop** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cars *not said here* |  |  | wet roads |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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