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title: State the meaning in the United Kingdom of double yellow lines along… — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics
description: State the meaning in the United Kingdom of double yellow lines along the road. Exam question 4 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 and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Exam question 4 · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
State the meaning in the United Kingdom of double yellow lines along the road.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** state · **To what, where:** meaning, United Kingdom

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This is exam question 4 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/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e4:1
# text = State the meaning in the United Kingdom of double yellow lines along the road.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	7	flat	_	_
7	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	double	double	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
10	yellow	yellow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	lines	line	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
12	along	along	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	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 meaning |  | the United Kingdom of double yellow lines along the road |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent meaning=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Parking permitted at weekends

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e4:o1:1
# text = Parking permitted at weekends
1	Parking	parking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	permitted	permit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	acl	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	weekends	weekend	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **permit** | participle |  | Parking *not said here* |  |  | weekend |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Causer |

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

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No parking at any time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e4:o2:1
# text = No parking at any time
1	No	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	2	det	_	_
2	parking	parking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A lane reserved for bicycles

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e4:o3:1
# text = A lane reserved for bicycles
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	acl	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	bicycles	bicycle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | participle |  | a lane *not said here* |  |  |  | for bicycles | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for bicycle=Beneficiary |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Parking for buses only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:e4:o4:1
# text = Parking for buses only
1	Parking	parking	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	nmod	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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