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title: Which is true about crosswalks in the USA? — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is true about crosswalks in the USA? Test 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 2 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is true about crosswalks in the USA?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 2 · ★ 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/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t2:1
# text = Which is true about crosswalks in the USA?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	crosswalks	crosswalk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | about crosswalks in the USA; true *property* | tree rules |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Crosswalks are only for cars, not people

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t2:o1:1
# text = Crosswalks are only for cars, not people
1	Crosswalks	crosswalk	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Crosswalks |  |  |  |  | for cars and people | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drivers always stop at every crosswalk, so you never need to look first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t2:o2:1
# text = Drivers always stop at every crosswalk, so you never need to look first
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	6	det	_	_
6	crosswalk	crosswalk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | Drivers |  |  | every crosswalk |  | always *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at crosswalk=Location |
| 2 | **not** **need** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **look** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Drivers should stop, but some do not, so you check before crossing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t2:o3:1
# text = Drivers should stop, but some do not, so you check before crossing
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	check	check	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
13	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
14	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	12	advcl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | should | Drivers |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **do** | present | some |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **check** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **cross** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
You should cross diagonally across the junction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t2:o4:1
# text = You should cross diagonally across the junction
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	diagonally	diagonally	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	across	across	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	junction	junction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | should | You |  |  | the junction |  | diagonally *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme across junction=Initial\_Location |

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