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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a cyclist adjacent to a turning lorry? Exam question 3 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 que
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# Exam question 3 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a cyclist adjacent to a turning lorry?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, require · **To what, where:** conduct

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This is exam question 3 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/#e3).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e3:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the conduct required of a cyclist adjacent to a turning lorry?
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	10	det	_	_
10	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	required	require	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	acl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	adjacent	adjacent	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	amod	_	_
16	to	to	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	turning	turning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	19	compound	_	_
19	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	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 conduct |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **require** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | of a cyclist | vn require-103-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The cyclist may overtake on the inside at speed

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e3:o1:1
# text = The cyclist may overtake on the inside at speed
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	overtake	overtake	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	speed	speed	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **overtake** | may | the cyclist |  |  | the inside |  | at speed | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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The cyclist must not proceed on the inside of the lorry

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e3:o2:1
# text = The cyclist must not proceed on the inside of the lorry
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	proceed	proceed	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	inside	inside	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	lorry	lorry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **proceed** | must | the cyclist |  |  | the inside of the lorry |  |  | vn begin-55.1 «NP V S\_INF»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The cyclist should stop directly beside the cab

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e3:o3:1
# text = The cyclist should stop directly beside the cab
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	directly	directly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	beside	beside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cab	cab	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | should | the cyclist |  |  | the cab |  | directly *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The cyclist may rely on the driver's mirrors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:e3:o4:1
# text = The cyclist may rely on the driver's mirrors
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	rely	rely	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	's	PART	POS	_	7	case	_	_
9	mirrors	mirror	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rely** | may | the cyclist |  |  |  |  | on the driver's mirrors | vn rely-70 «NP V PP.theme S\_ING»: agent=Agent on mirror=Theme |

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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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