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title: «scooter's fine on the main road, cars will go round me» What is rig… — Bicycles and other wheels · tree and pragmatics
description: «scooter's fine on the main road, cars will go round me» What is right? Test 9 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 right.
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# Test 9 · Bicycles and other wheels

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«scooter's fine on the main road, cars will go round me» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** scooter, cars · **What happens:** be, go round · **To what, where:** main road, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 9 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t9:1
# text = «scooter's fine on the main road, cars will go round me» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	scooter	scooter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	main	main	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
11	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	conj	_	_
13	round	round	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
14	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	4	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | scooter |  |  | the main road |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **go round** *in a quote* | future | cars | me |  |  |  | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Yes, scooters count as cars, so they're allowed to ride in the middle of the lane

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t9:o1:1
# text = Yes, scooters count as cars, so they're allowed to ride in the middle of the lane
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	scooters	scooter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
4	count	count	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
8	so	so	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	aux:pass	_	_
11	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
12	to	to	PART	TO	_	13	mark	_	_
13	ride	ride	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	11	xcomp	_	_
14	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obl	_	_
17	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	lane	lane	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **count** | present | scooters |  |  |  |  | as cars | vn masquerade-29.6 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent as car=Attribute |
| 2 | **allow** | present · passive |  | scooters *= scooter* |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **ride** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | scooters *= scooter* *not said here* |  |  | the middle of the lane |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, if you go fast enough

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t9:o2:1
# text = Yes, if you go fast enough
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	go	go	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | you |  |  |  |  | enough, fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only at night is it a problem

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t9:o3:1
# text = Only at night is it a problem
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	night	night	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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No, ride scooters and skateboards away from roads, with a helmet

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:25-bicycles-and-other-wheels:t9:o4:1
# text = No, ride scooters and skateboards away from roads, with a helmet
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	scooters	scooter	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	skateboards	skateboard	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	conj	_	_
7	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
8	from	from	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	roads	road	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
11	with	with	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	helmet	helmet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ride** | imperative | you *not said here* | scooters and skateboards |  | roads |  | with a helmet; away *property* | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent scooter=Theme from road=Trajectory |

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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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