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title: A boy's tyre is flat. He has no tools. Which is the best choice? — Bikes, scooters and car parks · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy's tyre is flat. He has no tools. Which is the best choice? Test 8 · ★★ 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.
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# Test 8 · ★★ · Bikes, scooters and car parks

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A boy's tyre is flat. He has no tools. Which is the best choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** tyre, boy · **What happens:** be, have · **To what, where:** tools, best choice

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This is test 8 · ★★ 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/#t8).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy's tyre is flat.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t8:1
# text = A boy's tyre is flat.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	tyre	tyre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	flat	flat	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | a boy's tyre |  |  |  |  | flat *property* | tree rules |

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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:* He has no tools.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t8:2
# text = He has no tools.
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	tools	tool	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | boy | no tools |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient |

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*Sentence 3:* Which is the best choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t8:3
# text = Which is the best choice?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the best choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Ride on it, because it is not far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t8:o1:1
# text = Ride on it, because it is not far
1	Ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
8	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	advmod	_	_
9	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | it |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **be** | present | it |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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Walk the bike home or phone a parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t8:o2:1
# text = Walk the bike home or phone a parent
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	conj	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bike home or phone |  |  |  | a parent *obl* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hide the bike in a bush

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t8:o3:1
# text = Hide the bike in a bush
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	bike	bike	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bush	bush	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | the bike |  | a bush |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent bike=Patient in bush=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Get a lift home from a friendly stranger who stops to help

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:272-bikes-scooters-and-car-parks:t8:o4:1
# text = Get a lift home from a friendly stranger who stops to help
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	from	from	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	friendly	friendly	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj	_	_
10	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	help	help	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | a lift |  | a friendly stranger |  | home *property* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lift=Theme from stranger=Source |
| 2 | **stop** | present | a friendly stranger |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | a friendly stranger *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: 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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