--- title: Why does a child need to be extra careful near roads compared with a… — Crossing the road · tree and pragmatics description: Why does a child need to be extra careful near roads compared with an adult? Test 9 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/t9/) [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/) / t9 # Test 9 · Crossing the road Why does a child need to be extra careful near roads compared with an adult? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** child · **What happens:** need, be, compare · **To what, where:** roads This is test 9 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/#t9). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t9:1 # text = Why does a child need to be extra careful near roads compared with an adult? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 need need VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 7 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 8 extra extra ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 careful careful ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 10 near near ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 9 obl _ _ 12 compared compare VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 11 acl _ _ 13 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 15 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | present · do-support | a child | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Pivot | | 2 | **is** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a child *not said here* | | | roads | | careful *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **compare** | participle | | roads *not said here* | | | | with a adult | vn amalgamate-22.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Patient with adult=Co-Patient | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Children are smaller and harder for drivers to see ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t9:o1:1 # text = Children are smaller and harder for drivers to see 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 smaller small ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 harder hard ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 3 conj _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Children | | | | | for drivers; small *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **be** | | Children *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **see** | to-infinitive | Children *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 2 {#o2} Cars may drive faster when children are near ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t9:o2:1 # text = Cars may drive faster when children are near 1 Cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 3 advmod _ _ 5 when when ADV WRB PronType=Int 8 advmod _ _ 6 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 near near ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drive** | may | Cars | | | | | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | children | | | | | near *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} Drivers only look for adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t9:o3:1 # text = Drivers only look for adults 1 Drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 look look VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | Drivers | | | | | for adults | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for adult=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} Children are not allowed to cross roads ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:41-crossing-the-road:t9:o4:1 # text = Children are not allowed to cross roads 1 Children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux:pass _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 allowed allow VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive | | Children | | | | | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **cross** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | Children *not said here* | roads | | | | | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent road=Patient | **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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