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title: State the course of action appropriate to a scooter rider confronted… — Bikes, scooters and car parks · tree and pragmatics
description: State the course of action appropriate to a scooter rider confronted with a steep downward gradient. Exam question 4 of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choic
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# Exam question 4 · Bikes, scooters and car parks

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State the course of action appropriate to a scooter rider confronted with a steep downward gradient.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state, confront · **To what, where:** course, scooter rider

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» 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/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:e4:1
# text = State the course of action appropriate to a scooter rider confronted with a steep downward gradient.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	course	course	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	appropriate	appropriate	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	scooter	scooter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
11	confronted	confront	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
14	steep	steep	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
15	downward	downward	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	gradient	gradient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the course of action |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent course=Topic |
| 2 | **confront** | participle |  | a scooter rider *not said here* |  |  |  | with a steep downward gradient | vn confront-98 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with gradient=Instrument |

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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}

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The rider shall drag one foot along the ground to slow down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:e4:o1:1
# text = The rider shall drag one foot along the ground to slow down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	drag	drag	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nummod	_	_
6	foot	foot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	along	along	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	slow	slow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
12	down	down	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drag** | shall | the rider | one foot |  |  |  | along the ground | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Theme |
| 2 | **slow down** | to-infinitive | the rider *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The rider shall lean back and hold the handlebars loosely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:e4:o2:1
# text = The rider shall lean back and hold the handlebars loosely
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lean	lean	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	handlebars	handlebar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
10	loosely	loosely	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean back** | shall | the rider |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **hold** | infinitive | the rider *not said here* | the handlebars |  |  |  | loosely *property* | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handlebar=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The rider shall dismount and walk the scooter down

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:e4:o3:1
# text = The rider shall dismount and walk the scooter down
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	dismount	dismount	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	scooter	scooter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	down	down	ADP	RP	_	6	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismount** | shall | the rider |  |  |  |  |  | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **walk down** | infinitive | the rider *not said here* | the scooter |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme scooter=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The rider shall descend at speed in order to remain stable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:e4:o4:1
# text = The rider shall descend at speed in order to remain stable
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	descend	descend	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	10	mark	_	_
8	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	fixed	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	remain	remain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	stable	stable	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **descend** | shall | the rider |  |  | speed |  |  | vn meander-47.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | the rider *not said here* |  |  |  |  | stable *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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