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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the direction in which a cyclist ought to proceed on the road? Exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Exam question 2 · Riding a bike or a scooter safely

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the direction in which a cyclist ought to proceed on the road?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cyclist · **What happens:** follow, characteris, proceed · **To what, where:** direction

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» 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/5-bikes-and-scooters/#e2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:e2:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the direction in which a cyclist ought to proceed on the road?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	in	in	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	17	obl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nsubj	_	_
15	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	17	aux	_	_
16	to	to	PART	TO	_	17	mark	_	_
17	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	parataxis	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the direction |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **proceed** | ought | a cyclist |  |  | the direction |  | on the road | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

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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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In whichever direction is the less crowded

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:e2:o1:1
# text = In whichever direction is the less crowded
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	whichever	whichever	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	less	less	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	7	advmod	_	_
7	crowded	crowded	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 |  |  |  | whichever direction |  | crowded, less *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
In the direction opposite to the motor traffic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:e2:o2:1
# text = In the direction opposite to the motor traffic
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	opposite	opposite	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Down the centre line between the two lanes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:e2:o3:1
# text = Down the centre line between the two lanes
1	Down	down	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	between	between	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	lanes	lane	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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In the same direction as the motor traffic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:e2:o4:1
# text = In the same direction as the motor traffic
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	same	same	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	motor	motor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
```

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

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