--- title: What is the best reason to look up from your phone on a train platfo… — Eyes up: noticing your surroundings · tree and pragmatics description: What is the best reason to look up from your phone on a train platform? Test 7 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/11-eyes-up/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Eyes up: noticing your surroundings](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/11-eyes-up/) / t7 # Test 7 · Eyes up: noticing your surroundings What is the best reason to look up from your phone on a train platform? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, look up · **To what, where:** best reason This is test 7 of lesson 11 «Eyes up: noticing your surroundings» of the everyday 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/everyday/11-eyes-up/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t7:1 # text = What is the best reason to look up from your phone on a train platform? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 5 nsubj _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 5 amod _ _ 5 reason reason NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl _ _ 8 up up ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 from from ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 on on ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 13 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 15 det _ _ 14 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 compound _ _ 15 platform platform NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 16 ? ? PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** | present | | the best reason | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **look up** | to-infinitive | | | | | | on a train platform; from your phone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent from phone=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 {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} To notice trains, the edge and people near you ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t7:o1:1 # text = To notice trains, the edge and people near you 1 To to PART TO _ 2 mark _ _ 2 notice notice VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 conj _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 conj _ _ 9 near near ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **notice** | to-infinitive | | trains and the edge and people | | | | near you | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Because phones stop working near trains ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t7:o2:1 # text = Because phones stop working near trains 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 phones phone NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 working work VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 3 xcomp _ _ 5 near near ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 trains train NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | phones | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality | | 2 | **work** | gerund | phones *not said here* | | | trains | | | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Because it makes the train arrive sooner ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t7:o3:1 # text = Because it makes the train arrive sooner 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 3 mark _ _ 2 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nsubj _ _ 3 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 arrive arrive VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 xcomp _ _ 7 sooner soon ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | it | the train | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **arrive** | infinitive | the train *not said here* | | | | | soon *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Because the staff will take your phone away if they see it out ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:11-eyes-up:t7:o4:1 # text = Because the staff will take your phone away if they see it out 1 Because because SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 staff staff NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 4 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 take take VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 6 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 7 phone phone NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 8 away away ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 9 if if SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 they they PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 see see VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 advcl _ _ 12 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 obj _ _ 13 out out ADP RP _ 11 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **take away** | future | the staff | your phone | | | | away *property* | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme | | 2 | **see out** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | they | phone | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | **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. 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