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title: my mate says on a one-way street u only need to look one way. right? — Walking on the pavement and crossing r… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says on a one-way street u only need to look one way. right? Test 20 · ★ 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 right.
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# Test 20 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
my mate says on a one-way street u only need to look one way. right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** mate, u · **What happens:** say, need, look · **To what, where:** way street, one way · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 20 · ★ 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/#t20).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t20:1
# text = my mate says on a one-way street u only need to look one way. right?
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	_
10	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	only	only	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
13	to	to	PART	TO	_	14	mark	_	_
14	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	12	xcomp	_	_
15	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	16	nummod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
18	right	right	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **need** | present | u |  |  | a way street |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | u *not said here* | one way |  |  |  | right *property* | vn seem-109-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme way=Attribute |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, look both ways; bikes and buses may come the other way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t20:o1:1
# text = No, look both ways; bikes and buses may come the other way
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	ccomp	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | may | both ways and bikes and buses | the other way |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location way=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, unless it's raining

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t20:o2:1
# text = Yes, unless it's raining
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rain** | present · progressive | it |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, but only at night, when you can't see the arrows painted on the road

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t20:o3:1
# text = No, but only at night, when you can't see the arrows painted on the road
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
8	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	12	mark	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	arrows	arrow	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
15	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	14	acl	_	_
16	on	on	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | you | the arrows |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arrow=Stimulus |
| 2 | **paint** | participle |  | the arrows *not said here* |  | the road |  |  | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on road=Destination |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, traffic only goes one way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t20:o4:1
# text = Yes, traffic only goes one way
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nummod	_	_
7	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | traffic | one way |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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