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description: did u hear a kid was walking across the road on her phone and didn't see the car? real lesson? Test 18 · ★ 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 ch
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# Test 18 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

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did u hear a kid was walking across the road on her phone and didn't see the car? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, kid · **What happens:** hear, walk, not see · **To what, where:** road, car · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 266 «Walking on the pavement and crossing roads» 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/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t18:1
# text = did u hear a kid was walking across the road on her phone and didn't see the car? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	across	across	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
15	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	17	advmod	_	_
17	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	22	punct	_	_
21	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **walk** | past · progressive | a kid |  |  | the road |  | on kid's phone | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory |
| 3 | **not** **see** | past · do-support | u *not said here* | the car |  |  |  | real lesson *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |

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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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Cars always see people on phones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t18:o1:1
# text = Cars always see people on phones
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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

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

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Look up and put the phone away when crossing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t18:o2:1
# text = Look up and put the phone away when crossing
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	put	put	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
8	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	9	advmod	_	_
9	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **put away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the phone |  |  |  | away *property* | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent phone=Goal |
| 3 | **cross** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Walk faster while texting so you're in the road for less time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t18:o3:1
# text = Walk faster while texting so you're in the road for less time
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	texting	text	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	advcl	_	_
11	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	less	less	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **text** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **is** | present | you |  |  | the road |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Phones help you hear traffic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t18:o4:1
# text = Phones help you hear traffic
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	help	help	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	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **help** | present | Phones | you |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme |
| 2 | **hear** | infinitive | you *not said here* | traffic |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer traffic=Stimulus |

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