--- title: ball rolled into the road, quick before it goes far — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics description: ball rolled into the road, quick before it goes far Test 14 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 wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/41-crossing-the-road/t14/) [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/) / [Crossing the road](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/41-crossing-the-road/) / t14 # Test 14 · Crossing the road ball rolled into the road, quick before it goes far **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** ball · **What happens:** roll, go · **To what, where:** ball, road This is test 14 of lesson 41 «Crossing the road» 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/41-crossing-the-road/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t14:1 # text = ball rolled into the road, quick before it goes far 1 ball ball NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nsubj _ _ 2 rolled roll VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 acl _ _ 3 into into ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 quick quick ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ 8 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 10 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 11 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **roll** | participle | | ball *not said here* | | the road | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into road=Destination | | 2 | **go** | present | ball | | | | | far, quick *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Dash out then look ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t14:o1:1 # text = Dash out then look 1 Dash dash VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 out out ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 then then ADV RB PronType=Dem 4 advmod _ _ 4 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **dash out** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | out *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | then | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Run if no car is close ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t14:o2:1 # text = Run if no car is close 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 4 det _ _ 4 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 close close ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | no car | | | | | close *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Stop at the kerb, let it go or ask an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t14:o3:1 # text = Stop at the kerb, let it go or ask an adult 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 kerb kerb NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 let let VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 6 xcomp _ _ 9 or or CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 11 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the kerb | | | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at kerb=Location | | 2 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* | kerb | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go** | infinitive | kerb *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a adult | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Run after it fast before it rolls too far away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t14:o4:1 # text = Run after it fast before it rolls too far away 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 5 before before SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 rolls roll VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 8 too too ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 far far ADV RB Degree=Pos 10 advmod _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | after it | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **roll** | present | it | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=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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