--- title: A boy in Texas wants to ride his bike through a flooded underpass. W… — Weather signs and the 30-30 rule · tree and pragmatics description: A boy in Texas wants to ride his bike through a flooded underpass. What is the right advice? 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What is the right advice? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, right advice · **What happens:** want, ride, flood, be · **To what, where:** bike, flooded underpass This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 15 «Weather signs and the 30-30 rule» 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/15-weather-signs/#t9). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy in Texas wants to ride his bike through a flooded underpass. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t9:1 # text = A boy in Texas wants to ride his bike through a flooded underpass. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Texas Texas PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 ride ride VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 8 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 9 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 through through ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 flooded flood VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 13 amod _ _ 13 underpass underpass NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | a boy in Texas | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **ride** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a boy in Texas *not said here* | boy's bike | | a flooded underpass | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bike=Theme through underpass=Trajectory | | 3 | **flood** | participle | | | | | | | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | 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 is the right advice? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t9:2 # text = What is the right advice? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 0 root _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 advice advice NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | the right advice | | | | | | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Push the bike through slowly instead ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t9:o1:1 # text = Push the bike through slowly instead 1 Push push VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 through through ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 slowly slowly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 6 instead instead ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bike | | | | instead, slowly, through *property* | vn carry-11.4-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bike=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ride through if he can see the bottom ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t9:o2:1 # text = Ride through if he can see the bottom 1 Ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 through through SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 6 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 5 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 bottom bottom NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | he | the bottom | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bottom=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Turn around, because the water may be deep and fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t9:o3:1 # text = Turn around, because the water may be deep and fast 1 Turn turn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 around around ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nsubj _ _ 7 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 9 cop _ _ 9 deep deep ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 parataxis _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 fast fast ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 9 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **turn around** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | around *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** | may | the water | | | | | deep *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **be** | | the water *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} Ride fast so the water cannot stop him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:15-weather-signs:t9:o4:1 # text = Ride fast so the water cannot stop him 1 Ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 water water NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 7 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 8 advmod _ _ 8 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **stop** | can | the water | him *= he* | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality he=Eventuality | **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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