--- title: my mate says 30 on a speed sign is the same speed everywhere. right? — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics description: my mate says 30 on a speed sign is the same speed everywhere. right? Test 19 · ★ 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. --- [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/t19/) [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/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs my mate says 30 on a speed sign is the same speed everywhere. right? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, speed sign · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** 30, same speed · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t19:1 # text = my mate says 30 on a speed sign is the same speed everywhere. right? 1 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 mate mate NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 says say VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 3 obj _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 sign sign NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 9 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 same same ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 12 amod _ _ 12 speed speed NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 13 everywhere everywhere ADV RB PronType=Tot 3 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 15 right right INTJ UH _ 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate | 30 | | | | everywhere *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 30=Topic | | 2 | **is** | present | a speed sign | | | the same speed | | | tree rules | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} No, kilometres are faster than miles, so 30 km/h wins ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t19:o1:1 # text = No, kilometres are faster than miles, so 30 km/h wins 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 kilometres kilometre NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl:unmarked _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 12 advmod _ _ 6 than than ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 9 so so ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 10 30 30 NUM CD NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 km/h km/h NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 nsubj _ _ 12 wins win VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | than miles; kilometres *obl:unmarked*; fast *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **win** | present | 30 km/h | | | | | | vn succeed-74-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, a number is a number ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t19:o2:1 # text = Yes, a number is a number 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | a number | a number | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, 30 mph is faster than 30 km/h ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t19:o3:1 # 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 _ _ ``` | # | 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 4 {#o4} Yes, all countries use miles ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t19:o4:1 # text = Yes, all countries use miles 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 4 det _ _ 4 countries country NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 5 use use VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 miles mile NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **use** | present | all countries | miles | | | | | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mile=Patient | **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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