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title: Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's… — Walking away · tree and pragmatics
description: Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's getting dark. Best move? Test 3 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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 right.
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# Test 3 · Walking away

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Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's getting dark. Best move?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Two big lads · **What happens:** follow, get · **To what, where:** you, high street

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This is test 3 of lesson 371 «Walking away» 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/371-walking-away/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's getting dark.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t3:1
# text = Two big lads following you and your mate down the high street, it's getting dark.
1	Two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	3	nummod	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lads	lad	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	acl	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	high	high	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
14	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	aux	_	_
16	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
17	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	16	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund | Two big lads *not said here* | you |  | the high street |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme down street=Trajectory |
| 2 | **get** | present · progressive | Two big lads |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

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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:* Best move?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t3:2
# text = Best move?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Stop and ask them straight out what their problem is

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t3:o1:1
# text = Stop and ask them straight out what their problem is
1	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
7	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	ccomp	_	_
8	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
10	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | them *= they* |  |  | out *property* | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
| 3 | **is a** | present | their problem |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Run down the nearest empty alley

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t3:o2:1
# text = Run down the nearest empty alley
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
5	empty	empty	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	alley	alley	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run down** | imperative | you *not said here* | the nearest empty alley |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme alley=Trajectory |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Walk calmly into a busy shop and tell the adult there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t3:o3:1
# text = Walk calmly into a busy shop and tell the adult there
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	calmly	calmly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	into	into	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	busy	busy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | into a busy shop *result*; calmly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme into shop=Result |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | the adult | there |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Split up so one of you escapes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:371-walking-away:t3:o4:1
# text = Split up so one of you escapes
1	Split	split	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	nsubj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nmod	_	_
7	escapes	escape	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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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 | **escape** | present | one of you |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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