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title: Why does a crossing in London have the words LOOK RIGHT painted on t… — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics
description: Why does a crossing in London have the words LOOK RIGHT painted on the road? Test 8 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.
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# Test 8 · Crossing the road

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Why does a crossing in London have the words LOOK RIGHT painted on the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** words · **What happens:** do, have, look, paint · **To what, where:** crossing, London, road

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This is test 8 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t8:1
# text = Why does a crossing in London have the words LOOK RIGHT painted on the road?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	advcl	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
7	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	words	word	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	LOOK	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	ccomp	_	_
11	RIGHT	right	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
12	painted	paint	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	advcl	_	_
13	on	on	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present |  | a crossing |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crossing=Eventuality |
| 2 | **have** | present |  |  |  | London |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | present | the words |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 4 | **paint** | participle | the words *not said here* |  |  | the road |  | right *property* | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent on road=Destination |

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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 {#o1}

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It tells drivers which way to turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t8:o1:1
# text = It tells drivers which way to turn
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	tells	tell	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
4	which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	5	det	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | It | which way | drivers |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient way=Topic |
| 2 | **turn** | to-infinitive |  | which way *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Visitors from right-driving countries tend to look left first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t8:o2:1
# text = Visitors from right-driving countries tend to look left first
1	Visitors	visitor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
2	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	driving	drive	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	amod	_	_
6	countries	country	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
7	tend	tend	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
10	left	left	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **tend** | present | Visitors from right driving countries |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | to-infinitive | Visitors from right driving countries *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first, left *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It means pedestrians must walk to the right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t8:o3:1
# text = It means pedestrians must walk to the right
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	pedestrians	pedestrian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **walk** | must | pedestrians |  |  |  |  | to the right *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to right=Result |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
London traffic comes only from the right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t8:o4:1
# text = London traffic comes only from the right
1	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | London traffic |  |  | the right |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from right=Initial\_Location |

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