--- title: Ascertain the significance of white lamps illuminated at the rear of… — Road and railway safety · tree and pragmatics description: Ascertain the significance of white lamps illuminated at the rear of a motor vehicle. Exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/27-road-and-railway-safety/e3/) [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/) / [Road and railway safety](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/27-road-and-railway-safety/) / e3 # Exam question 3 · Road and railway safety Ascertain the significance of white lamps illuminated at the rear of a motor vehicle. **Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you · **What happens:** ascertain, illuminate · **To what, where:** significance, white lamps, rear This is exam question 3 of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» 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/27-road-and-railway-safety/#e3). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:e3:1 # text = Ascertain the significance of white lamps illuminated at the rear of a motor vehicle. 1 Ascertain ascertain VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 significance significance NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 lamps lamp NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nmod _ _ 7 illuminated illuminate VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 6 acl _ _ 8 at at ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 rear rear NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 11 of of ADP IN _ 14 case _ _ 12 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 13 motor motor NOUN NN Number=Sing 14 compound _ _ 14 vehicle vehicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ascertain** | imperative | you *not said here* | the significance of white lamps | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent significance=Topic | | 2 | **illuminate** | participle | | white lamps *not said here* | | the rear of a motor vehicle | | | vn illustrate-25.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} The vehicle is about to travel in reverse ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:e3:o1:1 # text = The vehicle is about to travel in reverse 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vehicle vehicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 travel travel VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 reverse reverse NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the vehicle | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **travel** | to-infinitive | the vehicle *not said here* | | | reverse | | | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in reverse=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} The vehicle is about to turn to the left ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:e3:o2:1 # text = The vehicle is about to turn to the left 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vehicle vehicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 about about ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 turn turn VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | the vehicle | | | | | about *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **turn** | to-infinitive | the vehicle *not said here* | | | the left | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme to left=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} The vehicle has been parked for the night ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:e3:o3:1 # text = The vehicle has been parked for the night 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 vehicle vehicle NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj:pass _ _ 3 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 4 been be AUX VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 5 aux:pass _ _ 5 parked park VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 0 root _ _ 6 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 night night NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **park** | present · perfect · passive | | the vehicle | | | night | | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme | ### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4} The driver is applying the brakes ```conllu # sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:e3:o4:1 # text = The driver is applying the brakes 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 applying apply VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 brakes brake NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **apply** | present · progressive | the driver | the brakes | | | | | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brake=Theme | **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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