--- title: Identify the correct manner of crossing a road. — Walking on the pavement and crossing r… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the correct manner of crossing a road. Exam question 1 of lesson 266 «Walking on the pavement and crossing roads» 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/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/e1/) [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/) / [Walking on the pavement and crossing r…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads Identify the correct manner of crossing a road. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, correct manner · **What happens:** identify, cross · **To what, where:** correct manner, road This is exam question 1 of lesson 266 «Walking on the pavement and crossing roads» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e1:1 # text = Identify the correct manner of crossing a road. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 correct correct ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 manner manner NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 of of SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 6 crossing cross VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 4 acl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct manner | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme | | 2 | **cross** | gerund | the correct manner *not said here* | a road | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Crossing while looking at a phone, provided one walks quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e1:o1:1 # text = Crossing while looking at a phone, provided one walks quickly 1 Crossing cross VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 10 csubj _ _ 2 while while SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 3 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 8 provided provide VERB VBD Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 8 obj _ _ 10 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | 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 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | at a phone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at phone=Theme | | 3 | **provide** | past | | one | | | | | vn ensure-99 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition one=Theme | | 4 | **walk** | present | Crossing | | | | | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Stopping, looking and walking, never running ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e1:o2:1 # text = Stopping, looking and walking, never running 1 Stopping stop VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 3 looking look VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 never never ADV RB PronType=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **look** | gerund | | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **walk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **not** **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Running so as to cross quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e1:o3:1 # text = Running so as to cross quickly 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 so so ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 as as SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 6 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive | | | | | | quickly *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Crossing between parked cars ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e1:o4:1 # text = Crossing between parked cars 1 Crossing cross VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 between between ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 parked park VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 amod _ _ 4 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cross** | gerund | | | | | | between parked cars | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **park** | participle | | | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | **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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