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title: A speed sign in Canada says 50 and one in the USA says 50. Which is… — Traffic lights, crossings and road signs · tree and pragmatics
description: A speed sign in Canada says 50 and one in the USA says 50. Which is true? Test 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 each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Traffic lights, crossings and road signs

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A speed sign in Canada says 50 and one in the USA says 50. Which is true?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** speed sign, 50 · **What happens:** say, be · **To what, where:** 50 · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A speed sign in Canada says 50 and one in the USA says 50.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t3:1
# text = A speed sign in Canada says 50 and one in the USA says 50.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	Canada	Canada	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	nsubj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	7	conj	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	USA	USA	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	9	nmod	_	_
13	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	ccomp	_	_
14	50	50	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | a speed sign in Canada |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | 50 | 50 |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent 50=Topic |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which is true?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t3:2
# text = Which is true?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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The Canadian limit is faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t3:o1:1
# text = The Canadian limit is faster
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	Canadian	Canadian	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	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 | the Canadian limit |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The US limit is faster, because it is in miles per hour

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t3:o2:1
# text = The US limit is faster, because it is in miles per hour
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	US	US	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	limit	limit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	miles	mile	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
12	per	per	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the US limit |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present | limit |  |  |  | hour | in miles | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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They are exactly the same speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t3:o3:1
# text = They are exactly the same speed
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
3	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | They | the same speed |  |  |  | exactly *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Speed signs mean the same everywhere in the world, whatever the country

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:267-traffic-lights-and-signs:t3:o4:1
# text = Speed signs mean the same everywhere in the world, whatever the country
1	Speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	mean	mean	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	obj	_	_
6	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	3	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	world	world	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
11	whatever	whatever	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	obj	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	country	country	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | Speed signs | the same |  |  |  | everywhere *property* | tree rules |

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