--- title: A car is backing out of a driveway as you ride along the street. Wha… — Riding a bike or a scooter safely · tree and pragmatics description: A car is backing out of a driveway as you ride along the street. What is wisest? 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What is wisest? **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** car, you · **What happens:** back out, ride, be · **To what, where:** driveway, street This is test 6 · ★★ 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/#t6). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A car is backing out of a driveway as you ride along the street. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t6:1 # text = A car is backing out of a driveway as you ride along the street. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 backing back VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 out out ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 of of ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 driveway driveway NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 ride ride VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 advcl _ _ 12 along along ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 street street NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **back out** | present · progressive | a car | a driveway | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **ride** | present | you | | | the street | | | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent along street=Trajectory | 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. *Sentence 2:* What is wisest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t6:2 # text = What is wisest? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 cop _ _ 3 wisest wise ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 4 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | wise *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Ring your bell loudly and keep going past ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t6:o1:1 # text = Ring your bell loudly and keep going past 1 Ring ring VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 3 bell bell NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 loudly loudly ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 5 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 6 keep keep VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 going go VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 xcomp _ _ 8 past past ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ring** | imperative | you *not said here* | your bell | | | | loudly *property* | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location bell=Theme | | 2 | **keep** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **go past** | gerund | you *not said here* | | | | | past *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Ride fast behind the car ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t6:o2:1 # text = Ride fast behind the car 1 Ride ride VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 3 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the car | | fast *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ride round the front of it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t6:o3:1 # text = Ride round the front of it 1 Ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 2 round round ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nmod _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Stop and wait until the driver has seen you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:5-bikes-and-scooters:t6:o4:1 # text = Stop and wait until the driver has seen you 1 Stop stop VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 wait wait VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 until until SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 7 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 seen see VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 3 advcl _ _ 9 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **see** | present · perfect | the driver | you | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=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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