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# Exam question 3 · Electric cars and charging

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the legal position of privately owned electric scooters in the United Kingdom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, own · **To what, where:** legal position

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This is exam question 3 of lesson 19 «Electric cars and charging» of the technology 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/technology/19-electric-cars-and-charging/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the legal position of privately owned electric scooters in the United Kingdom?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	legal	legal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	position	position	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
13	privately	privately	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	owned	own	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	amod	_	_
15	electric	electric	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	scooters	scooter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nmod	_	_
17	in	in	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	20	flat	_	_
20	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the legal position of owned electric scooters in the United Kingdom |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **own** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | privately *property* | vn own-100.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Their use is lawful for children under twelve when accompanied by a parent

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e3:o1:1
# text = Their use is lawful for children under twelve when accompanied by a parent
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	twelve	twelve	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	6	nmod	_	_
9	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	10	advmod	_	_
10	accompanied	accompany	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	advcl	_	_
11	by	by	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Their use |  |  |  |  | for children under twelve; lawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **accompany** | participle | Their use *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by a parent | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent by parent=Destination |
| 3 | **use** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Their use is lawful upon pavements only

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e3:o2:1
# text = Their use is lawful upon pavements only
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	pavements	pavement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	only	only	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Their use |  |  |  |  | upon pavements; lawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Their use upon public roads and pavements is unlawful

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e3:o3:1
# text = Their use upon public roads and pavements is unlawful
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	public	public	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nmod	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	pavements	pavement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	conj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	unlawful	unlawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Their use upon public roads and pavements |  |  |  |  | unlawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  | upon public roads and pavements | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent upon=obl |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Their use is lawful for all persons on all roads

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:19-electric-cars-and-charging:e3:o4:1
# text = Their use is lawful for all persons on all roads
1	Their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	lawful	lawful	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	persons	person	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Their use |  |  |  |  | for all persons on all roads; lawful *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **use** |  | Their *= they* |  |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: poss=agent |

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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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