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title: Why do the riders at the edge of a roundabout scream more? — Wheels, axles, ramps and screws · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do the riders at the edge of a roundabout scream more? Test 11 · ★ of lesson 34 «Wheels, axles, ramps and screws» of the physics 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 11 · ★ · Wheels, axles, ramps and screws

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Why do the riders at the edge of a roundabout scream more?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** riders · **What happens:** scream · **To what, where:** more

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 34 «Wheels, axles, ramps and screws» of the physics 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/physics/34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t11:1
# text = Why do the riders at the edge of a roundabout scream more?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	11	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	roundabout	roundabout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
11	scream	scream	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	11	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **scream** *speech: express* | present · do-support | the riders at the edge of a roundabout | more |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Topic |

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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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They are heavier than the others

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t11:o1:1
# text = They are heavier than the others
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	heavier	heavy	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	than	than	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	others	other	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | They |  |  |  |  | than the others; heavy *property* | tree rules |

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

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They go round faster than the riders in the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t11:o2:1
# text = They go round faster than the riders in the middle
1	They	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	2	advmod	_	_
5	than	than	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	riders	rider	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go round** | present | They |  |  | the middle |  | fast *property* | vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in middle=Location |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The edge of the roundabout spins the other way to the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t11:o3:1
# text = The edge of the roundabout spins the other way to the middle
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	roundabout	roundabout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	spins	spin	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
10	to	to	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **spin** | present | the edge of the roundabout | the other way |  | the middle |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent way=Theme to middle=Trajectory |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The middle is warmer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:physics:34-wheels-axles-ramps-and-screws:t11:o4:1
# text = The middle is warmer
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	warmer	warm	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the middle |  |  |  |  | warm *property* | tree rules |

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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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