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description: Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the meaning of a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom? Exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each opti
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# Exam question 4 · Roads and road signs

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the meaning of a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** follow, characteris, mean · **To what, where:** meaning, triangular road sign

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» 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/31-roads-and-road-signs/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:e4:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the meaning of a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	meaning	meaning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
12	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
13	triangular	triangular	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	15	amod	_	_
14	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	_
16	in	in	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
17	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
18	United	United	PROPN	NNP	_	19	flat	_	_
19	Kingdom	Kingdom	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the meaning of a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **mean** |  |  | a triangular road sign in the United Kingdom |  |  |  |  | nom meaning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

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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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It conveys a mandatory instruction

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:e4:o1:1
# text = It conveys a mandatory instruction
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	mandatory	mandatory	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	instruction	instruction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present | It | a mandatory instruction |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent instruction=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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It is reserved for the use of cyclists

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:e4:o2:1
# text = It is reserved for the use of cyclists
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	use	use	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	cyclists	cyclist	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | present · passive |  | It |  |  |  | for the use of cyclists | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: subject=Theme for use=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **use** |  |  | cyclists |  |  |  |  | nom use «act transitive»: of=patient |

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

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It conveys a warning of a hazard ahead

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:e4:o3:1
# text = It conveys a warning of a hazard ahead
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	hazard	hazard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nmod	_	_
8	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present | It | a warning of a hazard |  |  |  | ahead *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent warning=Topic |
| 2 | **warn** |  |  | a hazard |  |  |  |  | nom warning «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It conveys information concerning destinations

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:e4:o4:1
# text = It conveys information concerning destinations
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	conveys	convey	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	information	information	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	concerning	concerning	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	destinations	destination	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **convey** | present | It | information |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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