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title: A small boy in Phoenix wants to walk on the road side of his mother.… — Walking on the pavement and crossing r… · tree and pragmatics
description: A small boy in Phoenix wants to walk on the road side of his mother. Why should she keep him on the inside? Test 7 · ★ 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 optio
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# Test 7 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads

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A small boy in Phoenix wants to walk on the road side of his mother. Why should she keep him on the inside?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** small boy, Phoenix · **What happens:** want, walk, keep · **To what, where:** road side, boy, inside

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This is test 7 · ★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A small boy in Phoenix wants to walk on the road side of his mother.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t7:1
# text = A small boy in Phoenix wants to walk on the road side of his mother.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Phoenix	Phoenix	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	wants	want	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
13	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	15	nmod:poss	_	_
15	mother	mother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | a small boy in Phoenix |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a small boy in Phoenix *not said here* |  |  | the road side of boy's mother |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why should she keep him on the inside?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t7:2
# text = Why should she keep him on the inside?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | should | Phoenix | boy |  | the inside |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent he=Theme on inside=Location |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cars like to see children on the road side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t7:o1:1
# text = Cars like to see children on the road side
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **like** | present | Cars |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Cars *not said here* | children |  | the road side |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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It is easier to hold his hand there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t7:o2:1
# text = It is easier to hold his hand there
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	easier	easy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | easy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | to-infinitive |  | his hand |  | there |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Children walk faster on the inside, away from the noise of the cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t7:o3:1
# text = Children walk faster on the inside, away from the noise of the cars
1	Children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	noise	noise	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | Children |  |  | the inside |  | away, fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on inside=Trajectory |
| 2 | **noise** |  | the cars |  |  |  |  |  | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Small children can dart into the road without warning

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t7:o4:1
# text = Small children can dart into the road without warning
1	Small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	dart	dart	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	without	without	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dart** | can | Small children |  |  | the road |  | without warning | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into road=Destination |

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