--- title: Determine the principal reason for which speed limits are imposed in… — Police, courts and prison · tree and pragmatics description: Determine the principal reason for which speed limits are imposed in the vicinity of schools and dwellings. Exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's c --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/e4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Adult life](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/) / [Police, courts and prison](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Police, courts and prison Determine the principal reason for which speed limits are imposed in the vicinity of schools and dwellings. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** determine, impose · **To what, where:** principal reason, speed limits, vicinity This is exam question 4 of lesson 30 «Police, courts and prison» of the adult life course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/adult-life/30-police-courts-and-prison/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:e4:1 # text = Determine the principal reason for which speed limits are imposed in the vicinity of schools and dwellings. 1 Determine determine VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 principal principal ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 amod _ _ 4 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 which which PRON WDT PronType=Rel 10 obl _ _ 7 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 limits limit NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 10 aux:pass _ _ 10 imposed impose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 acl:relcl _ _ 11 in in ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 13 vicinity vicinity NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl _ _ 14 of of ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 schools school NOUN NNS Number=Plur 13 nmod _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 17 cc _ _ 17 dwellings dwelling NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 18 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **determine** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic | | 2 | **impose** | present · passive | | speed limits | | the vicinity of schools and dwellings | | for the principal reason | vn enforce-63 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | 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 {#o1} Teachers object to the noise of traffic ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:e4:o1:1 # text = Teachers object to the noise of traffic 1 Teachers teacher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 compound _ _ 2 object object NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 3 to to ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 noise noise NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 traffic traffic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **noise** | | traffic | | | | | | nom noise «event intransitive»: of=agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Lower speeds reduce the cost of fuel ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:e4:o2:1 # text = Lower speeds reduce the cost of fuel 1 Lower low ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 speeds speed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 reduce reduce VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cost cost NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 fuel fuel NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **reduce** | present | Lower speeds | the cost of fuel | | | | | vn limit-76 «NP V NP»: agent=Causer cost=Patient | | 2 | **cost** | | | fuel | | | | | nom cost «possession transitive»: of=patient | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Higher speeds cause more serious accidents ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:e4:o3:1 # text = Higher speeds cause more serious accidents 1 Higher high ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 amod _ _ 2 speeds speed NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 cause cause VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 5 serious serious ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 accidents accident NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **cause** | present | Higher speeds | serious accidents | | | | | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition accident=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} Speed cameras require slow-moving vehicles ```conllu # sent_id = question:adult-life:30-police-courts-and-prison:e4:o4:1 # text = Speed cameras require slow-moving vehicles 1 Speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 cameras camera NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 require require VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 slow slow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 7 amod _ _ 7 vehicles vehicle NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **require** | present | Speed cameras | moving vehicles | | | | | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme vehicle=Precondition | | 2 | **move** | gerund | | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | **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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