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description: apparently a car stopped for a boy at the crossing, he walked out and a car in the next lane hit him. what's the true lesson? Test 19 · ★ 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 questio
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# Test 19 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

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apparently a car stopped for a boy at the crossing, he walked out and a car in the next lane hit him. what's the true lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** car, boy · **What happens:** stop, walk out, hit, be · **To what, where:** crossing, boy, true lesson

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This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t19:1
# text = apparently a car stopped for a boy at the crossing, he walked out and a car in the next lane hit him. what's the true lesson?
1	apparently	apparently	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
13	walked	walk	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	4	parataxis	_	_
14	out	out	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	22	cc	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	nsubj	_	_
18	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
20	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	amod	_	_
21	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
22	hit	hit	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	13	conj	_	_
23	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	22	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	29	punct	_	_
25	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
26	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
27	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	29	det	_	_
28	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	29	amod	_	_
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	22	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
30	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | past | a car |  |  | the crossing |  | for a boy; apparently *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crossing=Location |
| 2 | **walk out** | past | boy |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **hit** | past | a car in the next lane | boy |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | the true lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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Run when one car stops

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t19:o1:1
# text = Run when one car stops
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | present | one car |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only trucks are dangerous

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t19:o2:1
# text = Only trucks are dangerous
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	trucks	truck	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | trucks |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Check every lane has stopped before passing a stopped car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t19:o3:1
# text = Check every lane has stopped before passing a stopped car
1	Check	check	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	det	_	_
3	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	ccomp	_	_
6	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	passing	pass	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present · perfect | every lane |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **pass** | gerund | you *not said here* | a stopped car |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme car=Trajectory |
| 4 | **stop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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One stopped car means all the cars in every other lane will stop as well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t19:o4:1
# text = One stopped car means all the cars in every other lane will stop as well
1	One	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	amod	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	all	all	DET	PDT	PronType=Tot	7	det:predet	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
8	in	in	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	11	det	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj	_	_
12	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
14	as	as	ADV	RB	ExtPos=ADV	13	advmod	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	14	fixed	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **mean** | present | One stopped car | all cars |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | future | every other lane |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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