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title: walking my lil bro by the busy road — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics
description: walking my lil bro by the busy road Test 11 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
walking my lil bro by the busy road

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** walk · **To what, where:** lil bro

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t11:1
# text = walking my lil bro by the busy road
1	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	lil	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  | my lil bro |  |  |  | by the busy road | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent bro=Theme by road=Trajectory |

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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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Let him walk along the kerb edge, it's like a balance game

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t11:o1:1
# text = Let him walk along the kerb edge, it's like a balance game
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	kerb	kerb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	balance	balance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	game	game	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  | the kerb edge |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along edge=Trajectory |
| 3 | **is** | present | edge |  |  |  |  | like a balance game | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Hold his hand, keep him away from the traffic side

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t11:o2:1
# text = Hold his hand, keep him away from the traffic side
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* | his hand |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |
| 2 | **keep away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | him *= he* | the traffic side |  | away *property* | vn forbid-64.4 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Causer he=Beneficiary from side=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Let him run ahead to the corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t11:o3:1
# text = Let him run ahead to the corner
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **run** | infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the corner *result*; ahead *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to corner=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walk behind him so you can see him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t11:o4:1
# text = Walk behind him so you can see him
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
4	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind him *= he* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind he=Trajectory |
| 2 | **see** | can | you | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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