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title: A girl in Dublin is going to turn right at a quiet corner. What does… — Riding a bike or a scooter safely · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Dublin is going to turn right at a quiet corner. What does she do? Test 1 · ★★ 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 of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 1 · ★★ · Riding a bike or a scooter safely

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A girl in Dublin is going to turn right at a quiet corner. What does she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** go, turn, do · **To what, where:** quiet corner

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» 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/5-bikes-and-scooters/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Dublin is going to turn right at a quiet corner.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t1:1
# text = A girl in Dublin is going to turn right at a quiet corner.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Dublin	Dublin	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	going	go	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	turn	turn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	right	right	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	quiet	quiet	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	corner	corner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present · progressive | a girl in Dublin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **turn** | to-infinitive | a girl in Dublin *not said here* |  |  | a quiet corner |  | right *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme at corner=Trajectory |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What does she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t1:2
# text = What does she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | girl |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Turn quickly without looking

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t1:o1:1
# text = Turn quickly without looking
1	Turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
4	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **turn** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Ride over to the right side of the road first and then turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t1:o2:1
# text = Ride over to the right side of the road first and then turn
1	Ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	over	over	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
12	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	13	advmod	_	_
13	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride over** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the right side of the road |  | first, over *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent to side=Trajectory |
| 2 | **turn** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hold her left arm out to trick cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t1:o3:1
# text = Hold her left arm out to trick cars
1	Hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	left	leave	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	ccomp	_	_
4	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
5	out	out	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	trick	trick	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **leave out** | past | her *= she* | arm |  |  |  | out *property* | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 3 | **trick** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | cars |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent car=Patient |

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

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Look behind, hold her right arm out, then turn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t1:o4:1
# text = Look behind, hold her right arm out, then turn
1	Look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	hold	hold	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	out	out	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	11	advmod	_	_
11	turn	turn	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | behind *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **hold** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | out *property* | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme arm=Eventuality |
| 3 | **turn** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  | then |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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