--- title: You're walking to the car with Dad, and the car next to you shows wh… — Road and railway safety · tree and pragmatics description: You're walking to the car with Dad, and the car next to you shows white lights at the back. What does it mean? 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What does it mean? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** You, walking, back · **What happens:** walk, show, mean · **To what, where:** you, car, white lights, back · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* You're walking to the car with Dad, and the car next to you shows white lights at the back. ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t8:1 # text = You're walking to the car with Dad, and the car next to you shows white lights at the back. 1 You you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 're be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 walking walk VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 csubj _ _ 4 to to ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 Dad Dad PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 13 next next ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ 16 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 17 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 18 amod _ _ 18 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 16 obj _ _ 19 at at ADP IN _ 21 case _ _ 20 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 21 det _ _ 21 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 16 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | present · progressive | You | | you | the car | | with Dad | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to car=Destination | | 2 | **show** | present | walking | white lights | | the back | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent light=Recipient | 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 does it mean? ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t8:2 # text = What does it mean? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 does do AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 mean mean VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mean** | present · do-support | back | | | | | | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It is about to drive forward out of the space ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t8:o1:1 # text = It is about to drive forward out of the space 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 drive drive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 6 forward forward ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 7 out out ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **drive** | to-infinitive | | | | the space | | forward *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent out space=Trajectory | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} It is broken down and waiting for help ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t8:o2:1 # text = It is broken down and waiting for help 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux:pass _ _ 3 broken break VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 4 down down ADP RP _ 3 compound:prt _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 waiting wait VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 conj _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **break down** | present · passive | | It | | | | | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient | | 2 | **wait** | gerund | | | | | | for help | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} It is about to reverse, so keep clear ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t8:o3:1 # text = It is about to reverse, so keep clear 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 reverse reverse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 so so ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 conj _ _ 9 clear clear ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | It | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **reverse** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | | 3 | **keep** | infinitive | | | | | | clear *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} It has just been parked and switched off ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t8:o4:1 # text = It has just been parked and switched off 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 2 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 just just ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 parked park VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 switched switch VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 conj _ _ 8 off off ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **park** | present · perfect · passive | | It | | | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | | 2 | **switch off** | participle | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient | **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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