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title: sign says 30 in the uk n 30 in australia, same speed? — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics
description: sign says 30 in the uk n 30 in australia, same speed? Test 12 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 12 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

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sign says 30 in the uk n 30 in australia, same speed?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** sign · **What happens:** say · **To what, where:** 30, uk · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 267 «Traffic lights, crossings and road signs» 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/267-traffic-lights-and-signs/#t12).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t12:1
# text = sign says 30 in the uk n 30 in australia, same speed?
1	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	uk	uk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
7	n	not	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	australia	australia	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
12	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | sign | 30 |  | the uk  30 in australia and same speed |  |  | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent 30=Theme in uk=Manner |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, 30 mph is faster than 30 km/h

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t12:o1:1
# text = No, 30 mph is faster than 30 km/h
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	mph	mph	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
7	than	than	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
9	km/h	km/h	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 30 mph |  |  |  |  | than 30 km/h; fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, exactly the same

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t12:o2:1
# text = Yes, exactly the same
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
30 km/h is faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t12:o3:1
# text = 30 km/h is faster
1	30	30	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	2	nummod	_	_
2	km/h	km/h	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | 30 km/h |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Signs mean the same everywhere, numbers don't change

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t12:o4:1
# text = Signs mean the same everywhere, numbers don't change
1	Signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obj	_	_
5	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
7	numbers	number	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
8	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	change	change	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Signs | the same |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent same=Topic |
| 2 | **not** **change** | present · do-support | numbers |  |  |  |  |  | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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