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title: did u hear some kid crossed on the red man cos the road looked empty… — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear some kid crossed on the red man cos the road looked empty and a car came round the corner super fast? real lesson? Test 17 · ★ 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 
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# Test 17 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

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did u hear some kid crossed on the red man cos the road looked empty and a car came round the corner super fast? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, kid, car · **What happens:** hear, cross, look, come · **To what, where:** real lesson, kid, corner

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t17:1
# text = did u hear some kid crossed on the red man cos the road looked empty and a car came round the corner super fast? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	crossed	cross	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
10	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
14	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
15	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	xcomp	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	nsubj	_	_
19	came	come	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
20	round	round	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
22	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	_
23	super	super	ADV	RB	_	24	advmod	_	_
24	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	19	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
26	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	27	amod	_	_
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus |
| 2 | **cross** | participle |  | some kid *not said here* |  |  |  | on the red man; cos the road | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | past | some kid |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **come** | past | a car |  |  | the corner |  | fast *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme round corner=Initial\_Location |

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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 {#o1}

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Look once and go on red

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t17:o1:1
# text = Look once and go on red
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | once *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **go** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | red |  |  | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on red=Location |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Red only matters when there are cars you can actually see

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t17:o2:1
# text = Red only matters when there are cars you can actually see
1	Red	Red	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	matters	matter	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
5	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	6	expl	_	_
6	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	actually	actually	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **matter** | present | Red |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **does** | present | cars |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | can | you | cars *not said here* |  |  |  | actually *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait on the red figure even if the road looks empty

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t17:o3:1
# text = Wait on the red figure even if the road looks empty
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	figure	figure	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	even	even	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
11	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the red figure |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on figure=Location |
| 2 | **look** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | the road |  |  |  |  | empty *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Cross on red if you run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t17:o4:1
# text = Cross on red if you run
1	Cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	appos	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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