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description: Ascertain the reason for which a cyclist dismounts in strong side winds near traffic. Exam question 4 of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 4 · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

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Ascertain the reason for which a cyclist dismounts in strong side winds near traffic.

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, cyclist · **What happens:** ascertain, dismount · **To what, where:** reason, strong side winds

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» of the everyday 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/everyday/236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:e4:1
# text = Ascertain the reason for which a cyclist dismounts in strong side winds near traffic.
1	Ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	dismounts	dismount	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
11	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	winds	wind	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
13	near	near	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the reason |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reason=Topic |
| 2 | **dismount** | present | a cyclist |  |  | strong side winds near traffic |  | for the reason | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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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 {#o1}

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The tyres gradually lose air when the wind blows hard

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:e4:o1:1
# text = The tyres gradually lose air when the wind blows hard
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tyres	tyre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	gradually	gradually	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	lose	lose	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	blows	blow	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
10	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | the tyres | air |  |  |  | gradually *property* | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent air=Eventuality |
| 2 | **blow** | present | the wind |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V apart»: agent=Patient |

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

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A gust may push the cyclist into the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:e4:o2:1
# text = A gust may push the cyclist into the road
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	into	into	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | may | a gust | the cyclist |  | the road |  |  | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent cyclist=Theme into road=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The wind makes the bicycle heavier

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:e4:o3:1
# text = The wind makes the bicycle heavier
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | the wind | the bicycle |  |  |  | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset bicycle=Product |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cycling in strong wind is forbidden by law

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:e4:o4:1
# text = Cycling in strong wind is forbidden by law
1	Cycling	cycle	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	csubj:pass	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	forbidden	forbid	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	law	law	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cycle** | gerund |  |  |  | strong wind |  |  | vn vehicle-51.4.1-1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **forbid** | present · passive | Cycling |  |  |  |  | by law | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S\_ING» |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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