--- title: flashing don't walk, i'm already halfway over — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics description: flashing don't walk, i'm already halfway over Test 16 · ★ 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 right. --- [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/t16/) [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/) / t16 # Test 16 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs flashing don't walk, i'm already halfway over **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** flash, do, not walk, be This is test 16 · ★ 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t16:1 # text = flashing don't walk, i'm already halfway over 1 flashing flash VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 10 advcl _ _ 2 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 3 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 6 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 'm be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 already already ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 9 halfway halfway ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 10 over over ADV RB _ 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **flash** | gerund | i *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **do** | infinitive | i *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **not** **walk** | infinitive | i *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **is** | present | i | | | | | halfway, over *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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Keep going steadily to the other side ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t16:o1:1 # text = Keep going steadily to the other side 1 Keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 1 xcomp _ _ 3 steadily steadily ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | the other side | | steadily *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to side=Initial\_Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stand still and wave at the cars ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t16:o2:1 # text = Stand still and wave at the cars 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 still still ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 wave wave VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | still | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **wave** | present | you *not said here* | | | the cars | | | vn modes\_of\_being\_with\_motion-47.3 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at car=Location | ### Option 3 {#o3} Stop and wait in the middle ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t16:o3:1 # text = Stop and wait in the middle 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | the middle | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Turn round and run back to where you started ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t16:o4:1 # text = Turn round and run back to where you started 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 round round ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 back back ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 5 obl _ _ 8 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 started start VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 advcl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn round** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | round *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **run back** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **start** | past | you | | | | | | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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