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title: Identify the correct manner of crossing a road. — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the correct manner of crossing a road. Exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Crossing the road» 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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# Exam question 3 · Crossing the road

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Identify the correct manner of crossing a road.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, correct manner · **What happens:** identify, cross · **To what, where:** correct manner, road

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 41 «Crossing the road» 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/41-crossing-the-road/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e3:1
# text = Identify the correct manner of crossing a road.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	correct	correct	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	of	of	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	acl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the correct manner |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent manner=Theme |
| 2 | **cross** | gerund | the correct manner *not said here* | a road |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient |

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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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Walking straight across without running, whilst continuing to look and listen

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e3:o1:1
# text = Walking straight across without running, whilst continuing to look and listen
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	csubj	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	across	across	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	continuing	continue	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	listen	listen	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | across, straight *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **continue** | gerund | Walking |  |  |  |  |  | vn continue-55.3 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 4 | **look** | to-infinitive | Walking *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 5 | **listen** | infinitive | Walking *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Running diagonally so as to minimise the time spent in the road by the pedestrian

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e3:o2:1
# text = Running diagonally so as to minimise the time spent in the road by the pedestrian
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
2	diagonally	diagonally	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	minimise	minimise	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	spent	spend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	8	acl	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
13	by	by	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | diagonally *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **minimise** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  | time |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **spend** | participle |  | the time *not said here* |  | the road |  | by the pedestrian | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Crossing between moving cars when there is a gap

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e3:o3:1
# text = Crossing between moving cars when there is a gap
1	Crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	csubj	_	_
2	between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	moving	move	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	amod	_	_
4	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
6	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	7	expl	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	gap	gap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | between moving cars | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **move** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **be** | present | a gap |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walking slowly whilst reading a phone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e3:o4:1
# text = Walking slowly whilst reading a phone
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | slowly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **read** | gerund |  | a phone |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Topic |

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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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