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title: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance con… — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning young children crossing roads. Exam question 4 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 r
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# Exam question 4 · Crossing the road

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Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning young children crossing roads.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, response, established guidance, young children · **What happens:** select, be, establish, concern, cross · **To what, where:** response, young children, roads

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e4:1
# text = Select the response that is consistent with established guidance concerning young children crossing roads.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	acl:relcl	_	_
7	with	with	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	amod	_	_
9	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	acl	_	_
11	young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	_
13	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	acl	_	_
14	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | the response |  |  |  |  | with established guidance; consistent *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 4 | **concern** | gerund | established guidance *not said here* | young children |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus child=Experiencer |
| 5 | **cross** | gerund | young children *not said here* | roads |  |  |  |  | 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 {#o1}

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Young children should cross alone in order to learn independence

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e4:o1:1
# text = Young children should cross alone in order to learn independence
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	alone	alone	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	fixed	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
10	independence	independence	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | should | Young children |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **learn** | to-infinitive | Young children *not said here* | independence |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent independence=Topic |

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

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Young children should cross holding the hand of an adult

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e4:o2:1
# text = Young children should cross holding the hand of an adult
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hand	hand	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | should | Young children |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | Young children *not said here* | the hand of a adult |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Young children should cross only when it is dark

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e4:o3:1
# text = Young children should cross only when it is dark
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	dark	dark	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | should | Young children |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | dark *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Young children should cross only at a run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:e4:o4:1
# text = Young children should cross only at a run
1	Young	young	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	run	run	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** | should | Young children |  |  | a run |  |  | 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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