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title: Why might a driver who is turning right at a junction not stop for a… — Traffic lights, crossings and parked c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why might a driver who is turning right at a junction not stop for a boy who is crossing on the walk signal? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 42 «Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 2 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

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Why might a driver who is turning right at a junction not stop for a boy who is crossing on the walk signal?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** driver, you, boy · **What happens:** turn, not stop, cross · **To what, where:** junction, walk signal

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 42 «Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars» 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/42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t2:1
# text = Why might a driver who is turning right at a junction not stop for a boy who is crossing on the walk signal?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
2	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	13	advcl	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	junction	junction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
12	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	13	advmod	_	_
13	stop	stop	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	19	nsubj	_	_
18	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	19	aux	_	_
19	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	16	acl:relcl	_	_
20	on	on	ADP	IN	_	23	case	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	compound	_	_
23	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	13	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | might · progressive | a driver |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a junction |  | for a boy; right *property* | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at junction=Location |
| 3 | **cross** | present · progressive | a boy |  |  | the walk signal |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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The boy is crossing at the wrong colour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t2:o1:1
# text = The boy is crossing at the wrong colour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	colour	colour	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** | present · progressive | the boy |  |  | the wrong colour |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Turning drivers never have to stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t2:o2:1
# text = Turning drivers never have to stop
1	Turning	turn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	amod	_	_
2	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **have** | present | Turning drivers |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | Turning drivers *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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The walk signal does not count for any cars that are turning a corner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t2:o3:1
# text = The walk signal does not count for any cars that are turning a corner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	walk	walk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	count	count	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	9	det	_	_
9	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
10	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	nsubj	_	_
11	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	turning	turn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	acl:relcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **count** | present · do-support | the walk signal |  |  |  |  | for any cars | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **turn** | present · progressive | any cars | a corner |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent corner=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The driver may be watching the other traffic and not see him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t2:o4:1
# text = The driver may be watching the other traffic and not see him
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux	_	_
5	watching	watch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | may · progressive | the driver | the other traffic |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traffic=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **see** | infinitive | the driver *not said here* | driver |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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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