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title: Pursuant to Rule 59 of the Highway Code, identify the recommendation… — Bike helmets and roads · tree and pragmatics
description: Pursuant to Rule 59 of the Highway Code, identify the recommendation in respect of cycle helmets. Exam question 1 of lesson 72 «Bike helmets and roads» of the medicine 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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# Exam question 1 · Bike helmets and roads

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Pursuant to Rule 59 of the Highway Code, identify the recommendation in respect of cycle helmets.

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **What happens:** rule, identify, respect · **To what, where:** 59, recommendation, respect, cycle helmets

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 72 «Bike helmets and roads» of the medicine 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/medicine/72-bike-helmets-and-roads/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:e1:1
# text = Pursuant to Rule 59 of the Highway Code, identify the recommendation in respect of cycle helmets.
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	Rule	rule	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	59	59	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	3	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Highway	Highway	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	Code	Code	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
10	identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	recommendation	recommendation	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	respect	respect	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	of	of	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
16	cycle	cycle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	compound	_	_
17	helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rule** | to-infinitive |  | 59 of the Highway Code |  |  |  | pursuant *property* | vn dub-29.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent 59=Theme |
| 2 | **identify** | infinitive |  | the recommendation |  | respect of cycle helmets |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent recommendation=Theme |
| 3 | **respect** |  |  | cycle helmets |  |  |  |  | nom respect «cognition transitive»: of=patient |

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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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Helmets are to be carried on the handlebars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:e1:o1:1
# text = Helmets are to be carried on the handlebars
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
4	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	carried	carry	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	handlebars	handlebar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present · passive |  | Helmets |  | the handlebars |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Helmets are prohibited on public roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:e1:o2:1
# text = Helmets are prohibited on public roads
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	prohibited	prohibit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **prohibit** | present · passive |  | Helmets |  | public roads |  |  | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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A helmet which fits and is correctly fastened should be worn

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:e1:o3:1
# text = A helmet which fits and is correctly fastened should be worn
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	fits	fit	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
7	correctly	correctly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	fastened	fasten	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
9	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	worn	wear	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **fit** | present | a helmet |  |  |  |  |  | vn adjust-26.9 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **fasten** | present · passive | a helmet *not said here* |  |  |  |  | correctly *property* | vn shake-22.3-2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle» |
| 3 | **wear** | should · passive |  | a helmet |  |  |  |  | vn wipe\_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V NP.theme»: subject=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Helmets are required only for adults

```conllu
# sent_id = question:medicine:72-bike-helmets-and-roads:e1:o4:1
# text = Helmets are required only for adults
1	Helmets	helmet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	adults	adult	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl:agent	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **require** | present · passive | adults | Helmets |  |  |  |  | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme subject=Precondition |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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