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title: Identify the device known in the United Kingdom as a Belisha beacon. — Traffic lights, crossings and parked c… · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the device known in the United Kingdom as a Belisha beacon. Exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars» 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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# Exam question 2 · Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars

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Identify the device known in the United Kingdom as a Belisha beacon.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** identify, know · **To what, where:** device, United Kingdom

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 42 «Traffic lights, crossings and parked cars» 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/42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:e2:1
# text = Identify the device known in the United Kingdom as a Belisha beacon.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	device	device	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	known	know	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	8	flat	_	_
8	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
9	as	as	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	Belisha	Belisha	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	beacon	beacon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	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 device |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent device=Theme |
| 2 | **know** | participle |  | the device *not said here* |  | the United Kingdom |  | as a Belisha beacon | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer as beacon=Attribute |

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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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A sign indicating a school ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:e2:o1:1
# text = A sign indicating a school ahead
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	indicating	indicate	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **indicate** | gerund | a sign *not said here* | a school |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot school=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A red light at a railway crossing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:e2:o2:1
# text = A red light at a railway crossing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	railway	railway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A flashing orange globe upon a black and white pole at a zebra crossing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:e2:o3:1
# text = A flashing orange globe upon a black and white pole at a zebra crossing
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	flashing	flash	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	amod	_	_
3	orange	orange	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	globe	globe	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
7	black	black	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	10	amod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	conj	_	_
10	pole	pole	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
13	zebra	zebra	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **flash** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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A white light mounted upon a police car to warn traffic of an accident ahead

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:42-lights-crossings-and-parked-cars:e2:o4:1
# text = A white light mounted upon a police car to warn traffic of an accident ahead
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	mounted	mount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:agent	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	warn	warn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
11	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	accident	accident	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
15	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mount** | participle |  | a white light *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn meander-47.7 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* | to-infinitive |  | traffic of a accident |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent traffic=Recipient |

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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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