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title: Which place to cross would a road safety officer choose? — Traffic lights, crossings and parked c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Which place to cross would a road safety officer choose? Test 9 · ★ 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; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

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Which place to cross would a road safety officer choose?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** place · **What happens:** cross, choose

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t9:1
# text = Which place to cross would a road safety officer choose?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl	_	_
5	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
10	choose	choose	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | to-infinitive | which place *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **choose** | would | which place |  |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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Between two parked lorries, as it is quick and short

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t9:o1:1
# text = Between two parked lorries, as it is quick and 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	lorries	lorry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
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	quick	quick	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	short	short	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	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 |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **be** |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A crossing with lights, after checking the traffic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t9:o2:1
# text = A crossing with lights, after checking the traffic
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
7	checking	check	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **check** | gerund |  | the traffic |  |  |  |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent traffic=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Just round a bend, where it is quiet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t9:o3:1
# text = Just round a bend, where it is quiet
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
2	round	round	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	,	_	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	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | bend |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Where your friends are already crossing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:t9:o4:1
# text = Where your friends are already crossing
1	Where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	6	advmod	_	_
2	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	friends	friend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	already	already	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | present · progressive | your friends |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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