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title: Why get off your bike in a strong side wind near traffic? — Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the s… · tree and pragmatics
description: Why get off your bike in a strong side wind near traffic? Test 8 · ★ 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 choice was right.
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# Test 8 · ★ · Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons

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Why get off your bike in a strong side wind near traffic?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** get off · **To what, where:** bike, strong side wind

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This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 236 «Wind, fog, wildfire, tsunami and the seasons» 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/236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t8:1
# text = Why get off your bike in a strong side wind near traffic?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	2	advmod	_	_
2	get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
11	near	near	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get off** | imperative | you *not said here* | your bike |  | a strong side wind near traffic |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus |

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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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Cars drive more slowly in the wind, so it is quieter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t8:o1:1
# text = Cars drive more slowly in the wind, so it is quieter
1	Cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drive	drive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
9	so	so	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	12	cop	_	_
12	quieter	quiet	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	2	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | Cars |  |  | the wind |  | slowly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | wind |  |  |  |  | quiet *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Strong wind makes bike brakes stop working

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t8:o2:1
# text = Strong wind makes bike brakes stop working
1	Strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
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	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	brakes	brake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	xcomp	_	_
7	working	work	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Strong wind | bike brakes |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | present | bike brakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **work** | gerund | bike brakes *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A sudden gust could push you into the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t8:o3:1
# text = A sudden gust could push you into the road
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	sudden	sudden	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	gust	gust	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	push	push	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	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	5	obl	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walking is faster than riding into wind

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:236-wind-fog-fire-and-seasons:t8:o4:1
# text = Walking is faster than riding into wind
1	Walking	walking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
5	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	advcl	_	_
6	into	into	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	wind	wind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Walking |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ride** | gerund | Walking *not said here* |  |  | wind |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent into wind=Trajectory |

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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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