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title: A boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland after looking left… — Thinking like a lifeguard · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland after looking left and seeing nothing. Which lane might have a car he missed? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each o
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Thinking like a lifeguard

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A boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland after looking left and seeing nothing. Which lane might have a car he missed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, lane · **What happens:** look, leave, see, have, miss · **To what, where:** nothing, car

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 50 «Thinking like a lifeguard» 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/50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland after looking left and seeing nothing.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t5:1
# text = A boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland after looking left and seeing nothing.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kerb	kerb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	after	after	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
12	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
13	left	leave	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	12	xcomp	_	_
14	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
15	seeing	see	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	conj	_	_
16	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	15	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund | a boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | participle | a boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | gerund | a boy from Toronto steps off the kerb in Auckland *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer nothing=Stimulus |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which lane might have a car he missed?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t5:2
# text = Which lane might have a car he missed?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | might | which lane | a car |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient |
| 2 | **miss** | past | lane | a car *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer car=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The cycle lane, as cars do not use the near lane

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t5:o1:1
# text = The cycle lane, as cars do not use the near lane
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	use	use	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	acl:relcl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	near	near	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **use** | present · do-support | cars | the near lane |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lane=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The far lane, with cars coming from his left

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t5:o2:1
# text = The far lane, with cars coming from his left
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	far	far	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	left	left	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund | cars *not said here* |  |  | his left |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from left=Initial\_Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No lane, because Auckland roads are one way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t5:o3:1
# text = No lane, because Auckland roads are one way
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
4	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
5	Auckland	Auckland	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
8	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | Auckland roads | one way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The nearest lane, with cars coming from his right

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:50-thinking-about-outdoor-safety:t5:o4:1
# text = The nearest lane, with cars coming from his right
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	3	amod	_	_
3	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	conj	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	10	nmod:poss	_	_
10	right	right	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund | cars *not said here* |  |  | his right |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from right=Initial\_Location |

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