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title: It's raining and Sam rides down a hill. What is the safe way to stop? — Bicycles and other wheels · tree and pragmatics
description: It's raining and Sam rides down a hill. What is the safe way to stop? Test 3 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 choice was wrong.
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# Test 3 · Bicycles and other wheels

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It's raining and Sam rides down a hill. What is the safe way to stop?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** It, Sam, safe way · **What happens:** rain, ride down, be, stop · **To what, where:** hill

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This is test 3 of lesson 25 «Bicycles and other wheels» 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/25-bicycles-and-other-wheels/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* It's raining and Sam rides down a hill.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t3:1
# text = It's raining and Sam rides down a hill.
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	raining	rain	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
5	Sam	Sam	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
7	down	down	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	hill	hill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rain** | present · progressive | It |  |  |  |  |  | vn weather-57 «It V PP.theme» |
| 2 | **ride down** | present | Sam | a hill |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hill=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:* What is the safe way to stop?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t3:2
# text = What is the safe way to stop?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the safe way |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | the safe way *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Use only his feet on the ground, dragging his shoes along

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t3:o1:1
# text = Use only his feet on the ground, dragging his shoes along
1	Use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
3	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
4	feet	foot	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	ground	ground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	dragging	drag	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
10	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	shoes	shoe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	along	along	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **use** | imperative | you *not said here* | his feet |  | the ground |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent foot=Patient |
| 2 | **drag** | gerund | you *not said here* | his shoes |  |  |  | along *property* | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shoe=Theme |

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

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Brake early with both brakes, the front gently

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t3:o2:1
# text = Brake early with both brakes, the front gently
1	Brake	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	early	early	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	det	_	_
5	brakes	brake	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
9	gently	gently	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with both brakes  the front; early, gently *property* | vn break-45.1 «NP V NP PP.instrument»: agent=Agent with brake=Instrument |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Grab only the front brake hard at the bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t3:o3:1
# text = Grab only the front brake hard at the bottom
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	only	only	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brake	brake	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the front brake |  | the bottom |  | hard *property* | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brake=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Brake hard at the last second

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t3:o4:1
# text = Brake hard at the last second
1	Brake	break	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	last	last	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
6	second	second	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **break** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | second | hard *property* | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient |

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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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