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title: A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas. What i… — Going to the doctor and staying togeth… · tree and pragmatics
description: A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas. What is the smartest first step? Test 3 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 3 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

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A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas. What is the smartest first step?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** family, smartest first step · **What happens:** reach, be · **To what, where:** gates

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This is test 3 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds» 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/332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t3:1
# text = A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reaches	reach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	county	county	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
10	fair	fair	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	Texas	Texas	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reach** | present | a family | the gates of a crowded county |  |  |  | fair *property* | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What is the smartest first step?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t3:2
# text = What is the smartest first step?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	smartest	smart	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the smartest first step |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Split up to see more rides quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t3:o1:1
# text = Split up to see more rides quickly
1	Split	split	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	rides	ride	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **split up** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | more rides |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ride=Stimulus |

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

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Agree a meeting point, like the main gate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t3:o2:1
# text = Agree a meeting point, like the main gate
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	like	like	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* | a meeting point |  |  |  | like the main gate | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Decide to phone each other only if needed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t3:o3:1
# text = Decide to phone each other only if needed
1	Decide	decide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	phone	phone	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	3	obj	_	_
5	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	fixed	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	needed	need	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **decide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **phone** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | each |  |  |  |  | vn initiate\_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient |
| 3 | **need** *a condition, not said to happen* | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Let the children go ahead alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t3:o4:1
# text = Let the children go ahead alone
1	Let	let	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
5	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **go** | present | the children |  |  |  |  | ahead, alone *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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**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.

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