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title: Determine the conduct appropriate to a pedestrian who wishes to cros… — Staying up, screens and coming home late · tree and pragmatics
description: Determine the conduct appropriate to a pedestrian who wishes to cross a road at a controlled crossing. Exam question 4 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Exam question 4 · Staying up, screens and coming home late

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Determine the conduct appropriate to a pedestrian who wishes to cross a road at a controlled crossing.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, pedestrian · **What happens:** determine, wish, cross, control · **To what, where:** conduct, road, controlled crossing · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 348 «Staying up, screens and coming home late» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:e4:1
# text = Determine the conduct appropriate to a pedestrian who wishes to cross a road at a controlled crossing.
1	Determine	determine	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	9	nsubj	_	_
9	wishes	wish	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	ccomp	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
14	at	at	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	controlled	control	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	17	amod	_	_
17	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  | appropriate *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **wish** | present | a pedestrian |  |  |  |  |  | vn wish-62 «NP V for NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 3 | **cross** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | a road |  | a controlled crossing |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |
| 4 | **control** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn enforce-63 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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He ought to wait until the green signal is displayed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:e4:o1:1
# text = He ought to wait until the green signal is displayed
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	green	green	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	displayed	display	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | ought | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **display** | present · passive |  | the green signal |  |  |  |  | vn reflexive\_appearance-48.1.2 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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He ought to cross whenever no vehicle is visible nearby

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:e4:o2:1
# text = He ought to cross whenever no vehicle is visible nearby
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	visible	visible	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
10	nearby	nearby	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | ought | He |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | no vehicle |  |  |  |  | nearby, visible, whenever *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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He ought to cross at a run irrespective of the signal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:e4:o3:1
# text = He ought to cross at a run irrespective of the signal
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	run	run	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | ought | He |  |  | a run |  | of the signal; irrespective *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme of signal=Initial\_Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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He ought to follow any companion who crosses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:348-staying-up-screens-and-coming-home-late:e4:o4:1
# text = He ought to follow any companion who crosses
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	6	det	_	_
6	companion	companion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	crosses	cross	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | ought | He | any companion |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent companion=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** | present | any companion |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «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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