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# Exam question 2 · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

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Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response upon dropping something in the road while crossing?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** appropriate response · **What happens:** follow, constitute, drop, cross · **To what, where:** appropriate response, something, road

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This is exam question 2 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/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e2:1
# text = Which of the following constitutes the appropriate response upon dropping something in the road while crossing?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	nsubj	_	_
5	constitutes	constitute	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
10	dropping	drop	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
11	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	10	obj	_	_
12	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	16	mark	_	_
16	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **constitute** | present |  | the appropriate response |  |  |  |  | vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme response=Pivot |
| 3 | **drop** | gerund | the appropriate response *not said here* | something |  | the road |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent something=Theme in road=Destination |
| 4 | **cross** | gerund | the appropriate response *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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One waits in the road for a gap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e2:o1:1
# text = One waits in the road for a gap
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | One |  |  | the road |  | for a gap | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in road=Location |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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It is left, the crossing finished, and retrieved later

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e2:o2:1
# text = It is left, the crossing finished, and retrieved later
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	finished	finish	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	retrieved	retrieve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
11	later	late	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **finish** | past | the crossing |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **retrieve** | past | the crossing *not said here* |  |  |  |  | late *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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One runs back for it immediately, before any vehicle approaches

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e2:o3:1
# text = One runs back for it immediately, before any vehicle approaches
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	runs	run	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	back	back	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	obl	_	_
6	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	before	before	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	approaches	approach	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run back** | present | One |  |  | vehicle approaches |  | for it; immediately *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before approach=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One stops at once to pick it up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:e2:o4:1
# text = One stops at once to pick it up
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	2	nsubj	_	_
2	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	pick	pick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | One |  |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |
| 2 | **pick up** | to-infinitive | One *not said here* | it |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

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