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title: did u hear a kid was messing about near the edge of the train platfo… — Good manners on buses and trains, and… · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear a kid was messing about near the edge of the train platform and fell on the tracks? real lesson? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and 
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# Test 16 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

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did u hear a kid was messing about near the edge of the train platform and fell on the tracks? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, kid · **What happens:** hear, mess about, fall · **To what, where:** edge, real lesson, tracks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t16:1
# text = did u hear a kid was messing about near the edge of the train platform and fell on the tracks? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	messing	mess	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	about	about	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	of	of	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nmod	_	_
16	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	17	cc	_	_
17	fell	fall	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
18	on	on	ADP	IN	_	20	case	_	_
19	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	20	det	_	_
20	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	23	punct	_	_
22	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	23	amod	_	_
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **mess about** | past · progressive | a kid |  |  | the edge of the train platform |  | about *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **fall** | past | u *not said here* | real lesson |  | the tracks |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on track=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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stay back from the platform edge; trains and the rail kill

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t16:o1:1
# text = Stay back from the platform edge; trains and the rail kill
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	kill	kill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay back** | imperative | you *not said here* | trains and the rail kill |  | the platform edge |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only stand near the edge when trains are slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t16:o2:1
# text = Only stand near the edge when trains are slow
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	near	near	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	9	mark	_	_
7	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the edge |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near edge=Location |
| 2 | **is** | present | trains |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Jump back up quickly if you fall

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t16:o3:1
# text = Jump back up quickly if you fall
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	up	up	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **jump** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **fall** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The tracks are safe when no train comes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t16:o4:1
# text = The tracks are safe when no train comes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
4	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	when	when	SCONJ	WRB	_	8	mark	_	_
6	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	7	det	_	_
7	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the tracks |  |  |  |  | safe *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **come** | present | no train |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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