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title: Identify the principal reason for which a cyclist ought not to apply… — Bicycles and other wheels · tree and pragmatics
description: Identify the principal reason for which a cyclist ought not to apply the front brake alone with great force. Exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Bicycles and other wheels» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's 
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# Exam question 1 · Bicycles and other wheels

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Identify the principal reason for which a cyclist ought not to apply the front brake alone with great force.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, cyclist · **What happens:** identify, not apply · **To what, where:** principal reason, front brake

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 25 «Bicycles and other wheels» 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/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:e1:1
# text = Identify the principal reason for which a cyclist ought not to apply the front brake alone with great force.
1	Identify	identify	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	principal	principal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	reason	reason	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
9	ought	ought	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	apply	apply	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	acl:relcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	brake	brake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
16	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
17	with	with	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	great	great	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	19	amod	_	_
19	force	force	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the principal reason |  |  |  |  | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent reason=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **apply** | ought | a cyclist | the front brake |  |  |  | for the principal reason; with great force; alone *property* | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent brake=Theme for which=Eventuality |

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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 front brake is operative only upon an ascending gradient of some steepness

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:e1:o1:1
# text = The front brake is operative only upon an ascending gradient of some steepness
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	brake	brake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	operative	operative	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
7	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	ascending	ascend	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	amod	_	_
10	gradient	gradient	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	det	_	_
13	steepness	steepness	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the front brake |  |  |  |  | upon a ascending gradient of some steepness; operative *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **ascend** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Such action causes the rear wheel to accelerate

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:e1:o2:1
# text = Such action causes the rear wheel to accelerate
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	causes	cause	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	rear	rear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	accelerate	accelerate	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | present | Such action | the rear wheel |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition wheel=Patient |
| 2 | **accelerate** | to-infinitive | Such action *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

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

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Such action may cause the rider to be projected over the handlebars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:e1:o3:1
# text = Such action may cause the rider to be projected over the handlebars
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	cause	cause	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	rider	rider	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
8	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	projected	project	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
10	over	over	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	handlebars	handlebar	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cause** | may | Such action | the rider |  |  |  |  | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition rider=Patient |
| 2 | **project** | to-infinitive · passive | Such action *not said here* | the rider *not said here* |  | the handlebars |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: over handlebar=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Such action invariably severs the brake cable

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:e1:o4:1
# text = Such action invariably severs the brake cable
1	Such	such	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	action	action	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	invariably	invariably	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	severs	sever	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	brake	brake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	cable	cable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sever** | present | Such action | the brake cable |  |  |  | invariably *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cable=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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