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title: riding past parked cars, how close? — Riding a bike or a scooter safely · tree and pragmatics
description: riding past parked cars, how close? Test 16 · ★★ 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 right.
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# Test 16 · ★★ · Riding a bike or a scooter safely

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riding past parked cars, how close?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** ride, park · **To what, where:** parked cars

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This is test 16 · ★★ 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/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t16:1
# text = riding past parked cars, how close?
1	riding	ride	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	csubj	_	_
2	past	past	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	parked	park	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	amod	_	_
4	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	_
7	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | gerund |  |  |  | parked cars |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past car=Trajectory |
| 2 | **park** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: 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 {#o1}

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Ride faster so the doors cannot catch you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t16:o1:1
# text = Ride faster so the doors cannot catch you
1	Ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
3	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **catch** | can | the doors | you |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Leave space, a door could open in front of you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t16:o2:1
# text = Leave space, a door could open in front of you
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
10	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | space |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent space=Theme |
| 2 | **open** | could | a door |  |  | front of you |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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It does not matter how close

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t16:o3:1
# text = It does not matter how close
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	matter	matter	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	how	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
6	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **matter** | present · do-support | It |  |  |  |  | close *property* | vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Ride right next to them to stay out of traffic

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t16:o4:1
# text = Ride right next to them to stay out of traffic
1	Ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
8	out	out	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay out** | to-infinitive |  | traffic |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme traffic=Location |

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