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title: In a cartoon, a boy plays football on the driveway and the car backs… — Road and railway safety · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a boy plays football on the driveway and the car backs out and stops just in time because the driver saw him. What is wrong? Test 7 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Road and railway safety

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In a cartoon, a boy plays football on the driveway and the car backs out and stops just in time because the driver saw him. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** boy, car, driver · **What happens:** play, back out, stop, see, be · **To what, where:** football, cartoon, boy

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This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» of the technology 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/technology/27-road-and-railway-safety/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a boy plays football on the driveway and the car backs out and stops just in time because the driver saw him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t7:1
# text = In a cartoon, a boy plays football on the driveway and the car backs out and stops just in time because the driver saw him.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	plays	play	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	football	football	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	driveway	driveway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	backs	back	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
16	out	out	ADP	RP	_	15	compound:prt	_	_
17	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	18	cc	_	_
18	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	conj	_	_
19	just	just	ADV	RB	_	21	advmod	_	_
20	in	in	ADP	IN	_	21	case	_	_
21	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	obl	_	_
22	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	25	mark	_	_
23	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	24	det	_	_
24	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	25	nsubj	_	_
25	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	18	advcl	_	_
26	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	25	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | present | a boy | football |  | a cartoon |  | on the driveway | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent football=Theme |
| 2 | **back out** | present | the car |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **stop** | present | the car *not said here* |  |  |  | time |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **see** | past | the driver | boy |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=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:* What is wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t7:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Cars cannot reverse out of driveways

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t7:o1:1
# text = Cars cannot reverse out of driveways
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	reverse	reverse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	driveways	driveway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **reverse out** | can | Cars | driveways |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent driveway=Patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Drivers backing out often cannot see low down, so driveways are not for play

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t7:o2:1
# text = Drivers backing out often cannot see low down, so driveways are not for play
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
2	backing	back	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	acl	_	_
3	out	out	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	often	often	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
8	low	low	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	9	advmod	_	_
9	down	down	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
11	so	so	ADV	RB	_	16	advmod	_	_
12	driveways	driveway	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	16	nsubj	_	_
13	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	16	cop	_	_
14	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	16	advmod	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	play	play	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **back out** | gerund | Drivers and play *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn withdraw-82-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **see** | can | Drivers and play *not said here* |  |  |  |  | down, often *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **not** **is** | present | driveways |  |  |  |  | for play | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Nothing, drivers can always see behind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t7:o3:1
# text = Nothing, drivers can always see behind
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	3	compound	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
5	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	6	advmod	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | can | Nothing drivers |  |  |  |  | always, behind *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The boy should play on the road instead, where drivers are looking out for children

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t7:o4:1
# text = The boy should play on the road instead, where drivers are looking out for children
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	play	play	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	instead	instead	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
10	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	13	advmod	_	_
11	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	advcl	_	_
14	out	out	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
15	for	for	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **play** | should | the boy |  |  | the road |  | instead *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **look out** | present · progressive | drivers |  |  |  |  | for children | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent for child=Theme |

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