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title: Identify the side of a road without pavement upon which a pedestrian… — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the side of a road without pavement upon which a pedestrian ought to walk. Exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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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# Exam question 3 · Buses, trains and being seen

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Identify the side of a road without pavement upon which a pedestrian ought to walk.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, pedestrian · **What happens:** identify, walk · **To what, where:** side, pavement

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e3:1
# text = Identify the side of a road without pavement upon which a pedestrian ought to walk.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	without	without	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	pavement	pavement	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	15	obl	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	pedestrian	pedestrian	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
13	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the side of a road |  |  |  | without pavement | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent side=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | ought | a pedestrian |  |  | pavement |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme upon which=Trajectory |

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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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In the middle of the road for visibility

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e3:o1:1
# text = In the middle of the road for visibility
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	visibility	visibility	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 2 {#o2}

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On whichever side has more shade

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e3:o2:1
# text = On whichever side has more shade
1	On	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	det	_	_
3	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
4	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	6	amod	_	_
6	shade	shade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present |  | more shade |  | whichever side |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shade=Patient |

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

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Facing the oncoming traffic, so that it may be seen approaching

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e3:o3:1
# text = Facing the oncoming traffic, so that it may be seen approaching
1	Facing	face	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	csubj	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	oncoming	oncoming	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	11	mark	_	_
7	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	6	fixed	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	seen	see	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
12	approaching	approach	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 | **face** | gerund |  | the oncoming traffic |  |  |  |  | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme traffic=Destination |
| 2 | **see** | may · passive |  | traffic |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Stimulus |
| 3 | **approach** | gerund | Facing |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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With the traffic, so that it approaches from behind and may pass safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e3:o4:1
# text = With the traffic, so that it approaches from behind and may pass safely
1	With	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	8	mark	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	approaches	approach	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	8	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
14	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **approach** | present | traffic |  |  |  |  | with the traffic | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from behind=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **pass** | may | traffic *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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