Exam question 2 · Riding a bike or a scooter safely

Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the direction in which a cyclist ought to proceed on the road?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cyclist · What happens: follow, characteris, proceed · To what, where: direction

This is exam question 2 of lesson 5 «Riding a bike or a scooter safely» 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 characterises	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	5 statements	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 statements	det
4	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 statements	amod
5	statements	statement	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 characterises	obl
6	most	most	ADV	Degree=Sup	7 accurately	advmod
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	_	8 characterises	advmod
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 direction	det
10	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 characterises	obj
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 which	case
12	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	17 proceed	obl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 cyclist	det
14	cyclist	cyclist	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 proceed	nsubj
15	ought	ought	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 proceed	aux
16	to	to	PART	_	17 proceed	mark
17	proceed	proceed	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 direction	parataxis
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 road	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 road	det
20	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 proceed	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 characterises	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund					vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	characteris	present		the direction		of the following statements; accurately property	tree rules
3	proceed	ought	a cyclist		the direction	on the road	vn begin-55.1 «NP V S_INF»: 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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

In whichever direction is the less crowded

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 direction	case
2	whichever	whichever	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 direction	compound
3	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 crowded	obl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 crowded	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 less	det
6	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 crowded	advmod
7	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				whichever direction		crowded, less property	tree rules

Option 2

In the direction opposite to the motor traffic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 opposite	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 opposite	det
3	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opposite	compound
4	opposite	opposite	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	to	to	ADP	_	8 traffic	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 traffic	det
7	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 traffic	compound
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 opposite	nmod

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

Option 3

Down the centre line between the two lanes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Down	down	ADP	_	4 line	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 line	det
3	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 line	compound
4	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	between	between	ADP	_	8 lanes	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 lanes	det
7	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	8 lanes	nummod
8	lanes	lane	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 line	nmod

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

In the same direction as the motor traffic

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	4 direction	case
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 direction	det
3	same	same	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 direction	amod
4	direction	direction	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	as	as	ADP	_	8 traffic	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 traffic	det
7	motor	motor	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 traffic	compound
8	traffic	traffic	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 direction	nmod

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

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