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title: «why's the road all bumpy right outside our school, rubbish council»… — Roads and road signs · tree and pragmatics
description: «why's the road all bumpy right outside our school, rubbish council» What is the best answer? Test 11 · ★ 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 option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 11 · ★ · Roads and road signs

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«why's the road all bumpy right outside our school, rubbish council» What is the best answer?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** road · **What happens:** be · **To what, where:** best answer · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 31 «Roads and road signs» 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/31-roads-and-road-signs/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t11:1
# text = «why's the road all bumpy right outside our school, rubbish council» What is the best answer?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	7	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	all	all	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	bumpy	bumpy	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	20	csubj	_	_
8	right	right	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
9	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
13	rubbish	rubbish	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	compound	_	_
14	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	7	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	20	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	20	cop	_	_
18	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
19	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	20	amod	_	_
20	answer	answer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	20	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the road |  |  |  |  | outside our school and rubbish council; all, bumpy *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** *speech: assert* | present |  | the best answer |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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The bumps hide pipes that carry rainwater away from the school playground

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t11:o1:1
# text = The bumps hide pipes that carry rainwater away from the school playground
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bumps	bump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hide	hide	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	pipes	pipe	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
5	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
7	rainwater	rainwater	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
8	away	away	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
9	from	from	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	playground	playground	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | present | the bumps | pipes |  | the school playground |  | away *property* | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent pipe=Patient from playground=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **carry** | present | pipes | rainwater |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rainwater=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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The bumps are made by buses parking there

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t11:o2:1
# text = The bumps are made by buses parking there
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bumps	bump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
4	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	by	by	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	parking	park	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	6	acl	_	_
8	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present · passive |  | the bumps |  |  |  | by buses | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 2 | **park** | gerund | buses *not said here* |  |  | there |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The council forgot to finish the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t11:o3:1
# text = The council forgot to finish the road
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	council	council	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	forgot	forget	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	finish	finish	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **forget** | past | the council |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **finish** | to-infinitive | the council *not said here* | the road |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality road=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The bumps are there to slow drivers down near children

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:31-roads-and-road-signs:t11:o4:1
# text = The bumps are there to slow drivers down near children
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bumps	bump	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	slow	slow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
7	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
8	down	down	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the bumps |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **slow down** | to-infinitive | the bumps *not said here* | drivers |  |  |  | near children; down *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent driver=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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