Exam question 3 · Riding a bike or a scooter safely

It being given that a bicycle is to be ridden after dark, select the equipment that is required.

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · What happens: give, ride, select, require · To what, where: It, bicycle, equipment

This is exam question 3 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	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 given	nsubj:pass
2	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 given	aux:pass
3	given	give	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	that	that	SCONJ	_	10 ridden	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 bicycle	det
6	bicycle	bicycle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 ridden	nsubj:pass
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 ridden	aux:pass
8	to	to	PART	_	10 ridden	mark
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 ridden	aux:pass
10	ridden	ride	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 given	advcl
11	after	after	ADP	_	12 dark	case
12	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 ridden	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 select	punct
14	select	select	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 given	conj
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 equipment	det
16	equipment	equipment	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 select	obj
17	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	19 required	nsubj
18	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	19 required	aux:pass
19	required	require	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 equipment	acl:relcl
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 given	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	when	roles by
1	give	gerund · passive	It		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme
2	ride	present · passive	a bicycle	after dark	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP.location»: subject=Location
3	select	infinitive	the equipment		vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent equipment=Theme
4	require	present · passive	the equipment		vn require-103-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Precondition

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 light at the front and a red light at the rear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 front	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 front	det
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 light	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 light	det
9	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 light	amod
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 rear	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rear	det
13	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod

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

Option 2

A red light at the front and a white light at the rear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 light	det
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 light	amod
3	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 front	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 front	det
6	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 light	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 light	det
9	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 light	amod
10	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	conj
11	at	at	ADP	_	13 rear	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 rear	det
13	rear	rear	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 light	nmod

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

Option 3

Two red lights fixed beneath the saddle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 lights	nummod
2	red	red	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lights	amod
3	lights	light	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
4	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 lights	acl
5	beneath	beneath	ADP	_	7 saddle	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 saddle	det
7	saddle	saddle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle		Two red lights not said here				beneath the saddle	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

A single white light fixed to the rear wheel

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	white	white	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 light	amod
4	light	light	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	fixed	fix	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 light	acl
6	to	to	ADP	_	9 wheel	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 wheel	det
8	rear	rear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 wheel	amod
9	wheel	wheel	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fixed	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fix	participle		a single white light not said here				to the rear wheel	vn shake-22.3-2 «NP V NP PP»: agent=Agent to wheel=Co-Patient

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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