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title: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning… — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics
description: Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spinning cone beneath a UK crossing box. Exam question 3 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 e
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# Exam question 3 · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

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Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spinning cone beneath a UK crossing box.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, established facts · **What happens:** select, establish, concern, spin · **To what, where:** response, spinning cone

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e3:1
# text = Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning the spinning cone beneath a UK crossing box.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	facts	fact	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
9	concerning	concern	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	spinning	spin	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	12	amod	_	_
12	cone	cone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	beneath	beneath	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
15	UK	UK	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
16	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	box	box	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  | consistent *property* | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |
| 3 | **concern** | gerund | the established facts *not said here* | the spinning cone |  |  |  | beneath a UK crossing box | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus cone=Experiencer |
| 4 | **spin** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It shows the speed of cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e3:o1:1
# text = It shows the speed of cars
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	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | It | the speed of cars |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent speed=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It is a decoration without function

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e3:o2:1
# text = It is a decoration without function
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	decoration	decoration	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	without	without	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	function	function	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | It | a decoration |  |  |  | without function | tree rules |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It spins when cars approach, warning pedestrians to stay back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e3:o3:1
# text = It spins when cars approach, warning pedestrians to stay back
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
4	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	approach	approach	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	warning	warn	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	2	advcl	_	_
8	pedestrians	pedestrian	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	xcomp	_	_
11	back	back	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **approach** | present | cars |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **warn** *speech: warn* | gerund |  | pedestrians |  |  |  |  | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP how S\_INF»: agent=Agent pedestrian=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 4 | **stay back** | to-infinitive | pedestrians *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
It spins when it is safe, to assist deafblind persons

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:e3:o4:1
# text = It spins when it is safe, to assist deafblind persons
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	6	mark	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	assist	assist	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	advcl	_	_
10	deafblind	deafblind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **assist** | to-infinitive |  |  | deafblind persons |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Beneficiary |

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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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