--- title: Why should a cyclist riding at dusk, as it gets dark, have a red lig… — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics description: Why should a cyclist riding at dusk, as it gets dark, have a red light at the back? Test 8 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/t8/) [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/) / [Buses, trains and being seen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/) / t8 # Test 8 · Buses, trains and being seen Why should a cyclist riding at dusk, as it gets dark, have a red light at the back? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** riding, cyclist riding · **What happens:** get, have · **To what, where:** red light, back This is test 8 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t8:1 # text = Why should a cyclist riding at dusk, as it gets dark, have a red light at the back? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 5 advmod _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 cyclist cyclist NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 compound _ _ 5 riding riding NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 nsubj _ _ 6 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 dusk dusk NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 11 punct _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 gets get VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 14 parataxis _ _ 12 dark dark ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 11 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 13 , , PUNCT , _ 14 punct _ _ 14 have have VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 15 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 17 det _ _ 16 red red ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 17 amod _ _ 17 light light NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 obj _ _ 18 at at ADP IN _ 20 case _ _ 19 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 20 det _ _ 20 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 17 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 ? ? PUNCT . _ 14 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | present | riding | | | | | dark *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **have** | present | a cyclist riding at dusk | a red light | | the back | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient | 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} So drivers coming up behind can see the bike ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t8:o1:1 # text = So drivers coming up behind can see the bike 1 So so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 2 drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 3 coming come VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 acl _ _ 4 up up ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 5 behind behind ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 6 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come up** | gerund | drivers *not said here* | | | | | behind *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **see** | can | drivers | the bike | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bike=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} So the bike looks like a car ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t8:o2:1 # text = So the bike looks like a car 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 bike bike NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 looks look VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **look** | present | the bike | | | | | like a car | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 {#o3} So other cyclists know to stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t8:o3:1 # text = So other cyclists know to stop 1 So so ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 other other ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 cyclists cyclist NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 know know VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | other cyclists | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | | 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | other cyclists *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} So the cyclist can see the road behind in the dark ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t8:o4:1 # text = So the cyclist can see the road behind in the dark 1 So so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 cyclist cyclist NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 see see VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 behind behind ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 dark dark NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | can | the cyclist | the road | | the dark | | behind *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus | **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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