--- title: A boy locks only his front wheel to a post. What can a thief do? — Bikes, scooters and car parks · tree and pragmatics description: A boy locks only his front wheel to a post. What can a thief do? Test 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 choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/t4/) [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/) / [Bikes, scooters and car parks](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks A boy locks only his front wheel to a post. What can a thief do? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, thief · **What happens:** lock, do · **To what, where:** front wheel This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» 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/272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A boy locks only his front wheel to a post. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t4:1 # text = A boy locks only his front wheel to a post. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nsubj _ _ 3 locks lock VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 front front ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | present | a boy | boy's front wheel | | | | to a post | vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle PP»: agent=Patient to post=Co-Patient | 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. *Sentence 2:* What can a thief do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t4:2 # text = What can a thief do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 obj _ _ 2 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 thief thief NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 5 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | can | a thief | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Nothing, because the bike is locked to the post ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t4:o1:1 # text = Nothing, because the bike is locked to the post 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 3 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj:pass _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux:pass _ _ 7 locked lock VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 1 appos _ _ 8 to to ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 post post NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lock** | present · passive | | the bike | | | | to the post | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient to post=Co-Patient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only take the lights ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t4:o2:1 # text = Only take the lights 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 lights light NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the lights | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Take the rest of the bike and leave the wheel ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t4:o3:1 # text = Take the rest of the bike and leave the wheel 1 Take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 rest rest NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the rest of the bike | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rest=Theme | | 2 | **leave** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the wheel | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wheel=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Only take the bell ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t4:o4:1 # text = Only take the bell 1 Only only ADV RB _ 2 advmod _ _ 2 take take VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bell | | | | | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bell=Theme | **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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