--- title: A boy in Brisbane walks home from a friend's house after dark along… — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Brisbane walks home from a friend's house after dark along a road with no footpath. What helps most? 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What helps most? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** walk, help · **To what, where:** house This is test 3 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/#t3). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Brisbane walks home from a friend's house after dark along a road with no footpath. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t3:1 # text = A boy in Brisbane walks home from a friend's house after dark along a road with no footpath. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Brisbane Brisbane PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 walks walk VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 friend friend NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nmod:poss _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's 's PART POS _ 9 case _ _ 11 house house NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 12 after after ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 obl _ _ 14 along along ADP IN _ 16 case _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 17 with with ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 19 det _ _ 19 footpath footpath NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present | a boy in Brisbane | | | a friend's house | after dark | along a road with no footpath; home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from house=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What helps most? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t3:2 # text = What helps most? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 2 nsubj _ _ 2 helps help VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 most most ADV RBS Degree=Sup 2 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | present | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Running so that he is home sooner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t3:o1:1 # text = Running so that he is home sooner 1 Running run VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 csubj _ _ 2 so so SCONJ IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 that that SCONJ IN _ 2 fixed _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 5 is be VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 home home ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | gerund | | | | | | so he | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **be** | present | Running | | | | | soon *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Walking facing the traffic, wearing something reflective ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t3:o2:1 # text = Walking facing the traffic, wearing something reflective 1 Walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 facing face VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 traffic traffic NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 6 wearing wear VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 conj _ _ 7 something something PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 6 obj _ _ 8 reflective reflective ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **face** | gerund | | the traffic | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme traffic=Destination | | 3 | **wear** | gerund | | something | | | | | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent something=Theme | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Walking with his back to the traffic, in dark clothes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t3:o3:1 # text = Walking with his back to the traffic, in dark clothes 1 Walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 4 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 traffic traffic NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 amod _ _ 11 clothes clothes NOUN NNS Number=Ptan 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | gerund | | | | dark clothes | | with his back; to the traffic *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to traffic=Result | ### Option 4 {#o4} Walking in the middle of the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t3:o4:1 # text = Walking in the middle of the road 1 Walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 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** | gerund | | | | 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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