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description: Identify the principal reason for which a cyclist does not ride up the inside of a lorry at a junction. Exam question 2 of lesson 331 «Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of t
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# Exam question 2 · Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues…

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Identify the principal reason for which a cyclist does not ride up the inside of a lorry at a junction.

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, cyclist · **What happens:** identify, not ride up · **To what, where:** principal reason, inside, junction

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 331 «Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping» 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/331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping:e2:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a cyclist does not ride up the inside of a lorry at a junction.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
9	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	parataxis	_	_
12	up	up	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nmod	_	_
18	at	at	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	junction	junction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **ride up** | present · do-support | a cyclist | the inside of a lorry |  | a junction |  | for the principal reason | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent inside=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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The inside lane is for buses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping:e2:o1:1
# text = The inside lane is for buses
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	inside	inside	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the inside lane |  |  |  |  | for buses | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Lorries drive more slowly than bicycles and so cause delays

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping:e2:o2:1
# text = Lorries drive more slowly than bicycles and so cause delays
1	Lorries	lorry	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	drive	drive	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	more	more	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	4	advmod	_	_
4	slowly	slowly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	bicycles	bicycle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
9	cause	cause	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	delays	delay	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drive** | present | Lorries |  |  |  |  | than bicycles and cause delays; slowly *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It is merely impolite

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping:e2:o3:1
# text = It is merely impolite
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	merely	merely	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	impolite	impolite	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | It |  |  |  |  | impolite, merely *property* | tree rules |

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

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The driver cannot see them and the lorry may turn across

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:331-walking-seat-belts-buses-airports-bikes-and-tipping:e2:o4:1
# text = The driver cannot see them and the lorry may turn across
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
12	across	across	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | the driver | them *= they* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
| 2 | **turn** | may | the lorry |  |  |  |  | across *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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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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