--- title: Two children race each other down a crowded corridor. What can happen? — Getting ready for school and the schoo… · tree and pragmatics description: Two children race each other down a crowded corridor. What can happen? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/t8/) [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/) / [Getting ready for school and the schoo…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Getting ready for school and the school day Two children race each other down a crowded corridor. What can happen? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** Two children · **What happens:** race down, happen · **To what, where:** each This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 253 «Getting ready for school and the school day» 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/253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Two children race each other down a crowded corridor. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t8:1 # text = Two children race each other down a crowded corridor. 1 Two two NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 2 nummod _ _ 2 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 race race VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 each each DET DT ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp 3 obj _ _ 5 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 fixed _ _ 6 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 crowded crowded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 corridor corridor NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **race down** | present | Two children | each | | | | a crowded corridor *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Agent | 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 can happen? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t8:2 # text = What can happen? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can 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** | can | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} They will reach class early with no risk ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t8:o1:1 # text = They will reach class early with no risk 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 reach reach VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 5 early early ADV RB Degree=Pos 3 advmod _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 8 det _ _ 8 risk risk NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reach** | future | They | class | | | | with no risk; early *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent class=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} They can crash into others and fall ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t8:o2:1 # text = They can crash into others and fall 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 crash crash VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 fall fall VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **crash** | can | They | | | | | into others *result* | vn break-45.1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Patient into other=Result | | 2 | **fall** | infinitive | They *not said here* | | | | | | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Nothing, corridors are wide ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t8:o3:1 # text = Nothing, corridors are wide 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 corridors corridor NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 wide wide ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing corridors | | | | | wide *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} The teacher will give them a medal ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:253-getting-ready-and-the-school-day:t8:o4:1 # text = The teacher will give them a medal 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 teacher teacher NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 them they PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 medal medal NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | future | the teacher | a medal | them *= they* | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient medal=Theme | **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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