--- title: carsick in the back, reading my book — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics description: carsick in the back, reading my book Test 12 · ★ 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 wrong. --- [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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes carsick in the back, reading my book **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** read · **To what, where:** book This is test 12 · ★ 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/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t12:1 # text = carsick in the back, reading my book 1 carsick carsick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 reading read VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 8 nmod:poss _ _ 8 book book NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | gerund | | my book | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic | 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} Switch to a game on the tablet ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t12:o1:1 # text = Switch to a game on the tablet 1 Switch switch VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 game game NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 tablet tablet NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **switch** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the tablet | | to a game *result* | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to game=Result | ### Option 2 {#o2} Read faster to finish quickly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t12:o2:1 # text = Read faster to finish quickly 1 Read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 finish finish VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 quickly quickly ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **read** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **finish** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | quickly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Look out the front at the horizon and tell the adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t12:o3:1 # text = Look out the front at the horizon and tell the adult 1 Look look VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 horizon horizon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look out** | imperative | you *not said here* | the front | | the horizon | | | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | the adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Close the window so it is warmer, and read a bit more ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t12:o4:1 # text = Close the window so it is warmer, and read a bit more 1 Close close VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 warmer warm ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 read read VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 bit bit NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 obl:unmarked _ _ 13 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **close** | imperative | you *not said here* | the window | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent window=Patient | | 2 | **is** | present | window | | | | | warm *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **read** | infinitive | you *not said here* | more | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic | **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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