--- title: Why should you not run across a road even if no car is near? — Walking on the pavement and crossing r… · tree and pragmatics description: Why should you not run across a road even if no car is near? Test 8 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/t8/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Walking on the pavement and crossing r…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/266-walking-and-crossing-roads/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Walking on the pavement and crossing roads Why should you not run across a road even if no car is near? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, car · **What happens:** not run, be · **To what, where:** road This is test 8 · ★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t8:1 # text = Why should you not run across a road even if no car is near? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 across across ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 even even ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 14 mark _ _ 11 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 12 det _ _ 12 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 14 near near ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **run** | should | you | | | a road | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | no car | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} You can trip and cannot react if a car appears ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t8:o1:1 # text = You can trip and cannot react if a car appears 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 trip trip VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 react react VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 8 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 11 appears appear VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **trip** | can | You | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **react** | can | You *not said here* | | | | | | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **appear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a car | | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Running makes cars speed up ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t8:o2:1 # text = Running makes cars speed up 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ 4 speed speed VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **make** | present | | cars | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **speed up** | infinitive | cars *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Running across roads is slower than walking ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t8:o3:1 # text = Running across roads is slower than walking 1 Running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 across across ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 slower slow ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 than than SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 7 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 5 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | roads | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme across road=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | present | Running | | | | | slow *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **walk** | gerund | Running *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Drivers only stop for people who walk ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:266-walking-and-crossing-roads:t8:o4:1 # text = Drivers only stop for people who walk 1 Drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 walk walk VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Drivers | | | | | for people | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **walk** | present | people | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **Text:** the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (`world/data/school/`), as the course runner gave them to the student. **Trees:** Mova's own parse — the `en` model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. **Frames:** Mova's frames reader (`prag`), each text read on its own. 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