Exam question 3 · Bikes, scooters and car parks

Pursuant to the requirements for cycling after dark, select the equipment that a bicycle must carry.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: you, bicycle · What happens: select, carry · To what, where: equipment

This is exam question 3 of lesson 272 «Bikes, scooters and car parks» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pursuant	pursuant	ADV	_	10 select	advmod
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 requirements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 requirements	det
4	requirements	requirement	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Pursuant	obl
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 cycling	case
6	cycling	cycling	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 requirements	nmod
7	after	after	ADP	_	8 dark	case
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 cycling	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Pursuant	punct
10	select	select	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 equipment	det
12	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 select	obj
13	that	that	SCONJ	_	17 carry	mark
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 bicycle	det
15	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 carry	nsubj
16	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 carry	aux
17	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 equipment	acl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 select	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	select	imperative	you not said here	the equipment				pursuant property	vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=Theme
2	carry	must	a bicycle	the equipment not said here					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=Theme

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A white front light, a red rear light and reflectors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 light	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
3	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 light	punct
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 light	det
7	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 light	amod
8	rear	rear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 light	amod
9	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 light	conj
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 reflectors	cc
11	reflectors	reflector	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 light	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Reflective tape upon the rider's helmet only, worn above the eyes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reflective	reflective	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 tape	amod
2	tape	tape	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	upon	upon	ADP	_	7 helmet	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 rider	det
5	rider	rider	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 helmet	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 rider	case
7	helmet	helmet	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tape	nmod
8	only	only	ADV	_	2 tape	advmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 worn	punct
10	worn	wear	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 tape	acl
11	above	above	ADP	_	13 eyes	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 eyes	det
13	eyes	eye	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 worn	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wear	participle		Reflective tape upon the rider's helmet not said here		the eyes			vn wipe_manner-10.4.1-1 «NP V PP-Conative»: agent=Agent

Option 3

A single red light mounted at the front

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 light	det
2	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
3	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	mounted	mount	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 light	acl
6	at	at	ADP	_	8 front	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 front	det
8	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 mounted	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mount	participle		a single red light not said here		the front			vn put-9.1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent at front=Destination

Option 4

A bell of sufficient loudness in place of lights

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 bell	det
2	bell	bell	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 loudness	case
4	sufficient	sufficient	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 loudness	amod
5	loudness	loudness	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 bell	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 place	case
7	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 loudness	nmod
8	of	of	ADP	_	9 lights	case
9	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 place	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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