--- title: At a crowded parade, which is the safest way for a five-year-old to… — Going to the doctor and staying togeth… · tree and pragmatics description: At a crowded parade, which is the safest way for a five-year-old to stay with her family? Test 8 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 choi --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds/t8/) [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/) / [Going to the doctor and staying togeth…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds/) / t8 # Test 8 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds At a crowded parade, which is the safest way for a five-year-old to stay with her family? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crowded parade · **What happens:** be, stay · **To what, where:** safest way This is test 8 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t8:1 # text = At a crowded parade, which is the safest way for a five-year-old to stay with her family? 1 At at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 crowded crowded ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 parade parade NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 nsubj _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 cop _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 safest safe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 10 amod _ _ 10 way way NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 appos _ _ 11 for for ADP IN _ 17 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 13 five five NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 15 nummod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 13 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 15 year year NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 16 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 15 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 17 old old ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 parataxis _ _ 18 to to PART TO _ 19 mark _ _ 19 stay stay VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 17 xcomp _ _ 20 with with ADP IN _ 22 case _ _ 21 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 22 nmod:poss _ _ 22 family family NOUN NN Number=Sing 19 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 23 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a crowded parade | the safest way | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **stay** | to-infinitive | a crowded parade *not said here* | | | | | with her family | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with family=Location | 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} Walking by herself just behind ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t8:o1:1 # text = Walking by herself just behind 1 Walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 by by ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 herself herself PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes 1 obl _ _ 4 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 behind behind ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | | | | | | by herself *= she*; behind *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by herself=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Sitting on the kerb until it ends ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t8:o2:1 # text = Sitting on the kerb until it ends 1 Sitting sit VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kerb kerb NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 until until SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ends end VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit** | gerund | | | | the kerb | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kerb=Location | | 2 | **end** | present | kerb | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 3 {#o3} Following the music truck ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t8:o3:1 # text = Following the music truck 1 Following follow VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 music music NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 truck truck NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **follow** | gerund | | the music truck | | | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truck=Theme | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Holding an adult's hand ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:332-going-to-the-doctor-and-staying-together-in-crowds:t8:o4:1 # text = Holding an adult's hand 1 Holding hold VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's 's PART POS _ 3 case _ _ 5 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | gerund | | a adult's hand | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme | **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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