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title: «crap, there's a crew digging the road, can we go watch close up» Wh… — Roads and road signs · tree and pragmatics
description: «crap, there's a crew digging the road, can we go watch close up» What is the right rule? Test 9 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Roads and road signs

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«crap, there's a crew digging the road, can we go watch close up» What is the right rule?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** crew, we, crap · **What happens:** be, dig, go, watch, close up · **To what, where:** road, right rule

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This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» 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/31-roads-and-road-signs/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t9:1
# text = «crap, there's a crew digging the road, can we go watch close up» What is the right rule?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	crap	crap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
4	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	5	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	parataxis	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crew	crew	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
8	digging	dig	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	_
13	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
15	watch	watch	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
16	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	15	xcomp	_	_
17	up	up	ADP	RP	_	16	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	16	punct	_	_
19	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
20	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
21	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	23	det	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** *in a quote* | present | a crew |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **dig** *in a quote* | gerund | a crew *not said here* | the road |  |  |  |  | vn poke-19-1-1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent road=Theme |
| 3 | **go** *in a quote* | can | we |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **watch** *in a quote* | present | crap |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **close up** *in a quote* | infinitive | crap *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 6 | **is a** | present |  | the right rule |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep out of roadworks and follow the signs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t9:o1:1
# text = Keep out of roadworks and follow the signs
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	roadworks	roadwork	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep out** | imperative | you *not said here* | roadworks |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent roadwork=Theme |
| 2 | **follow** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the signs |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go close but only for a minute

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t9:o2:1
# text = Go close but only for a minute
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	conj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	minute	minute	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | minute | close *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Go close if you wear a bike helmet and stay behind the orange cones

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t9:o3:1
# text = Go close if you wear a bike helmet and stay behind the orange cones
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	wear	wear	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
14	cones	cone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **wear** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | a bike helmet |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent helmet=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | the orange cones |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind cone=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go close if the machines are switched off

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t9:o4:1
# text = Go close if the machines are switched off
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	close	close	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	machines	machine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	switched	switch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	advcl	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **switch off** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | the machines |  |  |  |  | vn convert-26.6.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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