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title: A boy in Chicago walks to school in fog wearing a black coat. What c… — Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in Chicago walks to school in fog wearing a black coat. What could make him safer? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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 
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# Test 1 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

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A boy in Chicago walks to school in fog wearing a black coat. What could make him safer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** walk, wear, make · **To what, where:** fog, black coat, boy

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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/236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Chicago walks to school in fog wearing a black coat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t1:1
# text = A boy in Chicago walks to school in fog wearing a black coat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Chicago	Chicago	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	walks	walk	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	fog	fog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
10	wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	coat	coat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | a boy in Chicago |  |  | fog |  | to school *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to school=Result |
| 2 | **wear** | gerund | a boy in Chicago *not said here* | a black coat |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent coat=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.

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*Sentence 2:* What could make him safer?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t1:2
# text = What could make him safer?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	obj	_	_
2	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	make	make	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	safer	safe	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | could |  | boy |  |  |  | safe *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP NP»: agent=Asset what=Beneficiary he=Product |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Walking at the very edge of the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t1:o1:1
# text = Walking at the very edge of the road
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	very	very	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  | the edge of the road |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at edge=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Crossing wherever he likes, but doing it faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t1:o2:1
# text = Crossing wherever he likes, but doing it faster
1	Crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	wherever	wherever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	likes	like	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	doing	do	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **like** | present | he |  |  |  |  | wherever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **do** | gerund |  | it |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Wearing headphones so that he can hear the cars better

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t1:o3:1
# text = Wearing headphones so that he can hear the cars better
1	Wearing	wear	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	headphones	headphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	7	mark	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	better	well	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wear** | gerund |  | headphones |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent headphone=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | can | he | the cars |  |  |  | well *property* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A bright or reflective vest so drivers see him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t1:o4:1
# text = A bright or reflective vest so drivers see him
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
2	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
3	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	reflective	reflective	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	conj	_	_
5	vest	vest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl	_	_
9	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | drivers | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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