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title: Which is the safest place for a child to cross a road? — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the safest place for a child to cross a road? Test 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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# Test 3 · Crossing the road

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Which is the safest place for a child to cross a road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, cross · **To what, where:** safest place, road

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This is test 3 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t3:1
# text = Which is the safest place for a child to cross a road?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest place |  |  |  | for a child | tree rules |
| 2 | **cross** | to-infinitive |  | 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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just after a bend, where the road is quiet and few cars come

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t3:o1:1
# text = Just after a bend, where the road is quiet and few cars come
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	after	after	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bend	bend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	10	advmod	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	cop	_	_
10	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	few	few	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
14	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the road |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | few cars |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Between two parked vans, where it is short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t3:o2:1
# text = Between two parked vans, where it is short
1	Between	between	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
3	parked	park	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	vans	van	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	9	advmod	_	_
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	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **park** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | short *property* | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A straight stretch where drivers can see you from far away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t3:o3:1
# text = A straight stretch where drivers can see you from far away
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stretch	stretch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	7	advmod	_	_
5	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
11	away	away	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | drivers | you |  |  |  | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
At the top of a hill, where you can see far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t3:o4:1
# text = At the top of a hill, where you can see far
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
8	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | you |  |  | the top of a hill |  | far *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

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