--- title: pressed the button like 10 times, it's still red — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics description: pressed the button like 10 times, it's still red Test 11 · ★ of lesson 267 «Traffic lights, crossings and road signs» 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/267-traffic-lights-and-signs/t11/) [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/) / [Traffic lights, crossings and road signs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/267-traffic-lights-and-signs/) / t11 # Test 11 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs pressed the button like 10 times, it's still red **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** button · **What happens:** press, be · **To what, where:** button This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 267 «Traffic lights, crossings and road signs» 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/267-traffic-lights-and-signs/#t11). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t11:1 # text = pressed the button like 10 times, it's still red 1 pressed press VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 button button NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 like like ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 6 nummod _ _ 6 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 7 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 cop _ _ 10 still still ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 11 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | past | | the button | | | time | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | button | | | | still | red *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 {#o1} Go anyway, it's broken ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t11:o1:1 # text = Go anyway, it's broken 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj:pass _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux:pass _ _ 6 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 parataxis _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | anyway *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **break** | present · passive | | it | | | | | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Hold it down for a full minute till it changes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t11:o2:1 # text = Hold it down for a full minute till it changes 1 Hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 full full ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 minute minute NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 till till SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 changes change VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold down** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | minute | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **change** | present | it | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Press once and wait, more presses don't help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t11:o3:1 # text = Press once and wait, more presses don't help 1 Press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 7 amod _ _ 7 presses press NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj _ _ 8 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 9 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 10 advmod _ _ 10 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wait** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **not** **help** | present · do-support | more presses | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Press it 20 more times ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t11:o4:1 # text = Press it 20 more times 1 Press press VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 20 20 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 1 obj _ _ 4 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 5 amod _ _ 5 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | time | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent it=Theme 20=Result | **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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