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title: It is given that a pedal cyclist intends to traverse tram rails. Sta… — Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights · tree and pragmatics
description: It is given that a pedal cyclist intends to traverse tram rails. State the manner in which the crossing ought to be effected. Exam question 2 of lesson 20 «Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the ques
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# Exam question 2 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights

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It is given that a pedal cyclist intends to traverse tram rails. State the manner in which the crossing ought to be effected.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** pedal cyclist, you · **What happens:** give, intend, traverse, state, affect · **To what, where:** It, tram rails, manner, crossing

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This is exam question 2 of lesson 20 «Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights» 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/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/#e2).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It is given that a pedal cyclist intends to traverse tram rails.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e2:1
# text = It is given that a pedal cyclist intends to traverse tram rails.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	given	give	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	pedal	pedal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	intends	intend	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	traverse	traverse	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	tram	tram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme |
| 2 | **intend** | present | a pedal cyclist |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **traverse** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | a pedal cyclist *not said here* | tram rails |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme rail=Co-Theme |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* State the manner in which the crossing ought to be effected.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e2:2
# text = State the manner in which the crossing ought to be effected.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	manner	manner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	11	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj:pass	_	_
8	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
10	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	effected	affect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl:relcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the manner |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent manner=Topic |
| 2 | **affect** | ought · passive | you *not said here* | the crossing |  | the manner |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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At an angle, so that the wheel is not trapped

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e2:o1:1
# text = At an angle, so that the wheel is not trapped
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	angle	angle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	that	that	SCONJ	IN	_	5	fixed	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	trapped	trap	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 | **not** **trap** | present · passive |  |  |  | a angle so the wheel |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP» |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Parallel to and within the rail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e2:o2:1
# text = Parallel to and within the rail
1	Parallel	parallel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	1	fixed	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
4	within	within	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Whilst dismounted upon the rail itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e2:o3:1
# text = Whilst dismounted upon the rail itself
1	Whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	2	mark	_	_
2	dismounted	dismount	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
3	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Emp|Reflex=Yes	5	nmod:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **dismount** | participle |  |  |  |  |  | upon the rail  rail | vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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At maximal speed irrespective of the angle of approach

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e2:o4:1
# text = At maximal speed irrespective of the angle of approach
1	At	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	maximal	maximal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
4	irrespective	irrespective	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	angle	angle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	approach	approach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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