--- title: Identify the principal reason for which a small child is walked on t… — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the principal reason for which a small child is walked on the side away from traffic. Exam question 2 of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/e2/) [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/) / [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes Identify the principal reason for which a small child is walked on the side away from traffic. **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, walk · **To what, where:** principal reason, small child, side This is exam question 2 of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e2:1 # text = Identify the principal reason for which a small child is walked on the side away from traffic. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 11 obl _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 8 small small ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj _ _ 10 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 walked walk VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ _ 15 away away ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 16 from from ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 17 traffic traffic NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | present · passive | | a small child | | the side | | for the principal reason; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: subject=Theme on side=Trajectory | 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} To allow the child to see the shops ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e2:o1:1 # text = To allow the child to see the shops 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 allow allow VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 shops shop NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **allow** | to-infinitive | | the child | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: agent=Causer child=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **see** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | the child *not said here* | the shops | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer shop=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} To keep the child further from the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e2:o2:1 # text = To keep the child further from the road 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 further further ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 6 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | to-infinitive | | | the child | the road | | further *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer child=Beneficiary from road=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because the child walks more slowly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e2:o3:1 # text = Because the child walks more slowly 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | the child | | | | | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because the pavement is wider there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e2:o4:1 # text = Because the pavement is wider there 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 pavement pavement NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 wider wide ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 6 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the pavement | | | there | | wide *property* | tree rules | **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. Elamur Cosmic License. - ← previous: [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai…, exam 1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/e1/) - next →: [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai…, exam 3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/e3/) - ↑ back to [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/)