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title: It is given that a passenger suffers car sickness. Select the respon… — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a passenger suffers car sickness. Select the response consistent with established guidance. Exam question 3 of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Exam question 3 · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

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It is given that a passenger suffers car sickness. Select the response consistent with established guidance.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** passenger, you · **What happens:** give, suffer, select, establish · **To what, where:** It, car sickness, response

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/#e3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a passenger suffers car sickness.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e3:1
# text = It is given that a passenger suffers car sickness.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	suffers	suffer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sickness	sickness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **suffer** | present | a passenger | car sickness |  |  |  |  | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer sickness=Stimulus |

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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:* Select the response consistent with established guidance.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e3:2
# text = Select the response consistent with established guidance.
1	Select	select	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	response	response	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	consistent	consistent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
5	with	with	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	established	establish	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	guidance	guidance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response |  |  |  |  | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme |
| 2 | **establish** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Lying across the back seat unbelted

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e3:o1:1
# text = Lying across the back seat unbelted
1	Lying	lie	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	across	across	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	seat	seat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	unbelted	unbelt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | gerund |  |  |  | the back seat |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **unbelt** | participle | Lying |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Watching a screen until it passes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e3:o2:1
# text = Watching a screen until it passes
1	Watching	watch	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	csubj	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	screen	screen	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	until	until	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
6	passes	pass	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **watch** | gerund |  | a screen |  |  | until screen |  | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent screen=Theme |
| 2 | **pass** | present | Watching |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Reading a book attentively, in order to take one's mind off the motion

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e3:o3:1
# text = Reading a book attentively, in order to take one's mind off the motion
1	Reading	read	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	9	advcl	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	book	book	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	attentively	attentively	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
6	in	in	SCONJ	IN	ExtPos=SCONJ	9	mark	_	_
7	order	order	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	fixed	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
10	one	one	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	's	's	PART	POS	_	10	case	_	_
12	mind	mind	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	off	off	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	motion	motion	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **read** | gerund |  | a book |  |  |  | attentively *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent book=Topic |
| 2 | **take** | to-infinitive |  | one's mind |  | the motion |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial\_location»: agent=Agent mind=Theme off motion=Initial\_Location |
| 3 | **mind** |  | one |  |  |  |  |  | nom mind «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Looking at the horizon, getting fresh air and telling the adult early

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e3:o4:1
# text = Looking at the horizon, getting fresh air and telling the adult early
1	Looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	horizon	horizon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
6	getting	get	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	fresh	fresh	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	telling	tell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  | at the horizon | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at horizon=Theme |
| 2 | **get** | gerund |  | fresh air |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer air=Stimulus |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund |  |  | the adult |  |  | early *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

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