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title: In a cartoon, a kid rides home in the dark with no lights and the ca… — Bicycles and other wheels · tree and pragmatics
description: In a cartoon, a kid rides home in the dark with no lights and the cars all see him. What is wrong? Test 4 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 4 · Bicycles and other wheels

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In a cartoon, a kid rides home in the dark with no lights and the cars all see him. What is wrong?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** kid, cars · **What happens:** ride, see, be · **To what, where:** cartoon, kid

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This is test 4 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a cartoon, a kid rides home in the dark with no lights and the cars all see him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t4:1
# text = In a cartoon, a kid rides home in the dark with no lights and the cars all see him.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	cartoon	cartoon	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	rides	ride	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
8	home	home	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	dark	dark	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
15	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	19	cc	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	19	nsubj	_	_
18	all	all	ADV	RB	_	19	advmod	_	_
19	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
20	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	19	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | present | a kid |  |  | a cartoon |  | in the dark; with no lights; home *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **see** | present | the cars | kid |  |  |  | all *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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 wrong?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t4:2
# text = What is wrong?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Bikes glow on their own at night

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t4:o1:1
# text = Bikes glow on their own at night
1	Bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	glow	glow	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **glow** | present | Bikes |  |  | Bikes's own | night |  | vn light\_emission-43.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Nothing, cars have special night eyes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t4:o2:1
# text = Nothing, cars have special night eyes
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	special	special	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
6	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	eyes	eye	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | cars | Nothing |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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

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Drivers would find him hard to see: he needs white front, red back and something bright

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t4:o3:1
# text = Drivers would find him hard to see: he needs white front, red back and something bright
1	Drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	would	would	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	hard	hard	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	xcomp	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
9	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
10	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
11	white	white	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
12	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
14	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
15	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	something	something	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	15	conj	_	_
18	bright	bright	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | would | Drivers | him *= he* |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Topic |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | him *= he* *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **need** | present | he | white front red back |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot back=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Only cars need lights, not bikes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t4:o4:1
# text = Only cars need lights, not bikes
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	bikes	bike	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | cars | lights and bikes |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot light=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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