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title: In a long tunnel, a train sounds as if it is coming from both ends.… — Thinking about noticing · tree and pragmatics
description: In a long tunnel, a train sounds as if it is coming from both ends. Why? Test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing

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In a long tunnel, a train sounds as if it is coming from both ends. Why?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** train · **What happens:** sound, come · **To what, where:** long tunnel, ends

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This is test 5 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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/20-noticing-like-a-cat/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* In a long tunnel, a train sounds as if it is coming from both ends.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t5:1
# text = In a long tunnel, a train sounds as if it is coming from both ends.
1	In	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tunnel	tunnel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	sounds	sound	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
10	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
11	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	13	nsubj	_	_
12	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux	_	_
13	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
14	from	from	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
15	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	16	det	_	_
16	ends	end	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	13	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **sound** | present | a train |  |  | a long tunnel |  |  | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in tunnel=Location |
| 2 | **come** | present · progressive | train |  |  |  | from both ends |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme from end=Initial\_Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t5:2
# text = Why?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Sound cannot travel inside tunnels at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t5:o1:1
# text = Sound cannot travel inside tunnels at all
1	Sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	travel	travel	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	inside	inside	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **travel** | can | Sound |  |  | tunnels |  | at all | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme inside tunnel=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Echoes carry the sound along the walls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t5:o2:1
# text = Echoes carry the sound along the walls
1	Echoes	echo	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	carry	carry	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
5	along	along	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	walls	wall	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | Echoes | the sound |  |  |  | along the walls | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sound=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Tunnels make sound move backwards

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t5:o3:1
# text = Tunnels make sound move backwards
1	Tunnels	tunnel	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	make	make	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	sound	sound	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	backwards	backwards	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | Tunnels | sound |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **move** | infinitive | sound *not said here* |  |  |  |  | backwards *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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There are always two trains at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:20-noticing-like-a-cat:t5:o4:1
# text = There are always two trains at once
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	are	be	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	two	two	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	5	nummod	_	_
5	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **does** | present | two trains |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at once=Location |

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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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