--- title: Identify the meaning of a sign bearing a red circle. — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the meaning of a sign bearing a red circle. Exam question 1 of lesson 267 «Traffic lights, crossings and road signs» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/267-traffic-lights-and-signs/e1/) [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/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Traffic lights, crossings and road signs](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/267-traffic-lights-and-signs/) / e1 # Exam question 1 · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs Identify the meaning of a sign bearing a red circle. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, sign · **What happens:** identify, bear, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, red circle, sign This is exam question 1 of lesson 267 «Traffic lights, crossings and road signs» 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/267-traffic-lights-and-signs/#e1). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e1:1 # text = Identify the meaning of a sign bearing a red circle. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 meaning meaning NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 bearing bear VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 acl _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 circle circle NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the meaning of a sign | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent meaning=Theme | | 2 | **bear** | gerund | a sign *not said here* | a red circle | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circle=Patient | | 3 | **mean** | | | a sign | | | | | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=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. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} It indicates a place of interest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e1:o1:1 # text = It indicates a place of interest 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 interest interest NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | present | It | a place of interest | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot place=Topic | ### Option 2 {#o2} It indicates a picnic area or a place where one may rest ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e1:o2:1 # text = It indicates a picnic area or a place where one may rest 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 picnic picnic NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 area area NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ 9 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 12 advmod _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 12 nsubj _ _ 11 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 12 aux _ _ 12 rest rest VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl:relcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | present | It | a picnic area or a place | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot area=Topic | | 2 | **rest** | may | one | | | | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It shows the distance to a town ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e1:o3:1 # text = It shows the distance to a town 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 distance distance NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 town town NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | It | the distance | a town | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent distance=Topic to town=Recipient | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} It usually gives an order or a prohibition ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e1:o4:1 # text = It usually gives an order or a prohibition 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 2 usually usually ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 gives give VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 order order NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 prohibition prohibition NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **give** | present | It | a order or a prohibition | | | | usually *property* | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=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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