--- title: apparently if u press the crossing button 10 times it goes green str… — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics description: apparently if u press the crossing button 10 times it goes green straight away. probably just a rumour? Test 18 · ★ 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; Mo --- [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/t18/) [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/) / t18 # Test 18 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs apparently if u press the crossing button 10 times it goes green straight away. probably just a rumour? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, button · **What happens:** press, go · **To what, where:** crossing button This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t18:1 # text = apparently if u press the crossing button 10 times it goes green straight away. probably just a rumour? 1 apparently apparently ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 u you PRON PRP Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 press press VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 crossing crossing NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 button button NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 9 nummod _ _ 9 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 11 obl:unmarked _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 12 green green ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ _ 13 straight straight ADV RB _ 14 advmod _ _ 14 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ 16 probably probably ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 17 just just ADV RB _ 19 advmod _ _ 18 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 19 det _ _ 19 rumour rumour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **press** | present | u | the crossing button | | | | a rumour *obl*; apparently *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=Theme | | 2 | **go** | present | button | | | | time | away, green *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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 {#o1} No, more presses mean faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t18:o1:1 # text = No, more presses mean faster 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 4 amod _ _ 4 presses press NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 mean mean VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present | more presses | | | | | fast *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Yes; press once and wait ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t18:o2:1 # text = Yes; press once and wait 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 ; ; PUNCT : _ 1 punct _ _ 3 press press NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 4 once once ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult 3 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 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 | ### Option 3 {#o3} No, it goes red for you instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t18:o3:1 # text = No, it goes red for you instead 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obl _ _ 8 instead instead ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | it | | | | | for you; instead, red *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for you=Beneficiary | ### Option 4 {#o4} No, it only works with 10 presses ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t18:o4:1 # text = No, it only works with 10 presses 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 10 10 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 8 nummod _ _ 8 presses press NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | it | | | | | with 10 presses | vn cooperate-73.1-3 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.theme»: agent=Agent with press=Co-Agent | **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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