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# Test 8 · ★★★ · Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★

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★★★ «a round sign with a red ring is just a warning, ignore it» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ★ · **What happens:** be, ignore · **To what, where:** warning, sign · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 8 · ★★★ of lesson 43 «Olympiad: transport, building and energy ★★★» 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/43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy/#t8).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t8:1
# text = ★★★ «a round sign with a red ring is just a warning, ignore it» What is right?
1	★	★	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	★	★	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	1	dep	_	_
4	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ring	ring	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nmod	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	cop	_	_
13	just	just	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	warning	warning	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	ignore	ignore	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	15	parataxis	_	_
18	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	17	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	17	punct	_	_
20	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	_
21	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
22	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	17	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	15	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | ★ | a warning |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **ignore** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | sign |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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No, round signs give orders; triangles are the warnings

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t8:o1:1
# text = No, round signs give orders; triangles are the warnings
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	give	give	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	orders	order	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
8	triangles	triangle	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	nsubj	_	_
9	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	warnings	warning	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **give** | present | round signs | orders |  |  |  |  | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent order=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | triangles | the warnings |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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No, round signs show places to eat

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t8:o2:1
# text = No, round signs show places to eat
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	show	show	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	places	place	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obj	_	_
7	to	to	PART	TO	_	8	mark	_	_
8	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **show** | present | round signs | places |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent place=Recipient |
| 2 | **eat** | to-infinitive | round signs *not said here* | places *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, red means warning on every road sign

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t8:o3:1
# text = Yes, red means warning on every road sign
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	nsubj	_	_
4	means	mean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	warning	warn	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
8	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	sign	sign	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present | red |  |  |  |  |  | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **warn** *speech: warn* *not said to happen* | gerund | red *not said here* |  |  |  |  | on every road sign | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent on sign=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Yes, round signs are only suggestions for drivers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:43-olympiad-transport-building-and-energy:t8:o4:1
# text = Yes, round signs are only suggestions for drivers
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	round	round	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
7	suggestions	suggestion	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | round signs | suggestions |  |  |  | for drivers | 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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