--- title: What would happen if a car drove in the bus lane past the camera? — Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights · tree and pragmatics description: What would happen if a car drove in the bus lane past the camera? Test 4 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 question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/t4/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Technology](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/) / [Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/) / t4 # Test 4 · Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights What would happen if a car drove in the bus lane past the camera? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** car · **What happens:** happen, drive · **To what, where:** bus lane This is test 4 of lesson 20 «Buses, trams, lorries and traffic lights» of the technology 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/technology/20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights/#t4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t4:1 # text = What would happen if a car drove in the bus lane past the camera? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 3 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 happen happen VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 7 drove drive VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 10 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 compound _ _ 11 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 past past ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **happen** | would | | | | | | | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **drive** *a condition, not said to happen* | past | a car | | | the bus lane | | past the camera | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent past camera=Trajectory | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The camera would record it and the driver could be fined ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t4:o1:1 # text = The camera would record it and the driver could be fined 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 record record VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 11 nsubj:pass _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 10 be be AUX VB VerbForm=Inf 11 aux:pass _ _ 11 fined fine VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 4 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **record** | would | the camera | it | | | | | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **fine** | could · passive | | the driver | | | | | vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: subject=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Nothing, cameras are for show ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t4:o2:1 # text = Nothing, cameras are for show 1 Nothing nothing PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 3 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 cameras camera NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 show show NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Nothing cameras | | | | | for show | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} The camera would stop the car ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t4:o3:1 # text = The camera would stop the car 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 camera camera NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | would | the camera | the car | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality car=Eventuality | ### Option 4 {#o4} The bus would push it out of the lane ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:20-buses-trams-lorries-and-traffic-lights:t4:o4:1 # text = The bus would push it out of the lane 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 push push VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 out out ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 lane lane NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push** | would | the bus | it | | the lane | | | vn funnel-9.3-1-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent it=Theme out lane=Trajectory | **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. 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