--- title: walking home in the dark, all black clothes, it's fine right — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics description: walking home in the dark, all black clothes, it's fine right Test 14 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/t14/) [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/) / [Buses, trains and being seen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/) / t14 # Test 14 · Buses, trains and being seen walking home in the dark, all black clothes, it's fine right **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** dark · **What happens:** walk, be · **To what, where:** black clothes, dark This is test 14 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/#t14). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t14:1 # text = walking home in the dark, all black clothes, it's fine right 1 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 14 advcl _ _ 2 home home ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 7 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 9 det _ _ 8 black black ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 amod _ _ 9 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 11 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 14 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 cop _ _ 13 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 14 amod _ _ 14 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | dark *not said here* | all black clothes | | the dark | | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent clothes=Theme in dark=Trajectory | | 2 | **is** | present | dark | | | | | right *property* | tree rules | 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} Black is fine, cars have lights so they'll see you anyway ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t14:o1:1 # text = Black is fine, cars have lights so they'll see you anyway 1 Black black NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 fine fine ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 parataxis _ _ 7 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obj _ _ 8 so so ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ 9 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 parataxis _ _ 12 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 anyway anyway ADV RB _ 11 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Black | | | | | fine *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **have** | present | cars | lights | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | | 3 | **see** | future | cars *= car* | you | | | | anyway *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Wear something bright or reflective so drivers see you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t14:o2:1 # text = Wear something bright or reflective so drivers see you 1 Wear wear VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obj _ _ 3 bright bright ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 amod _ _ 4 or or CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 reflective reflective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 conj _ _ 6 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 7 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **wear** | imperative | you *not said here* | something | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme | | 2 | **see** | present | drivers | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} Walk faster so it is shorter ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t14:o3:1 # text = Walk faster so it is shorter 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ 4 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 shorter short ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | short *property* | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Walk in the middle of the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t14:o4:1 # text = Walk in the middle of the road 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the middle of the road | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in middle=Trajectory | **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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