--- title: Why do double yellow lines run along some UK roads? — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do double yellow lines run along some UK roads? Test 10 · ★ 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 choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/t10/) [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/) / [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes Why do double yellow lines run along some UK roads? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** double yellow lines · **What happens:** do, run · **To what, where:** UK roads This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t10:1 # text = Why do double yellow lines run along some UK roads? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 2 advmod _ _ 2 do do VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 3 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 4 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 lines line NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 6 run run VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 7 along along ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 some some DET DT PronType=Ind 10 det _ _ 9 UK UK PROPN NNP Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 roads road NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 11 ? ? PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | present | double yellow lines *not said here* | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **run** | present | double yellow lines | | | some UK roads | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme along road=Trajectory | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} They show drivers they may not park there ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t10:o1:1 # text = They show drivers they may not park there 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 iobj _ _ 4 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 7 advmod _ _ 7 park park VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 8 there there ADV RB PronType=Dem 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | They | | drivers | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **not** **park** | may | drivers *= driver* | | | there | | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} They show where children may cross ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t10:o2:1 # text = They show where children may cross 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 4 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 may may AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 cross cross VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | They | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **cross** | may | children | | | | | | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} They show where buses must stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t10:o3:1 # text = They show where buses must stop 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 show show VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 6 advmod _ _ 4 buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 5 must must AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **show** | present | They | | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **stop** | must | buses | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} They mark the middle of a cycle lane ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t10:o4:1 # text = They mark the middle of a cycle lane 1 They they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 mark mark VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 cycle cycle NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **mark** | present | They | the middle of a cycle lane | | | | | vn image\_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent middle=Destination | **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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