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# Exam question 4 · Trains, the Underground and subways

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State the conduct expected of a passenger upon discovering an unattended bag upon a platform.

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, passenger · **What happens:** state, expect, discover · **To what, where:** conduct, unattended bag

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This is exam question 4 of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/270-trains-and-subways/#e4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:e4:1
# text = State the conduct expected of a passenger upon discovering an unattended bag upon a platform.
1	State	state	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	conduct	conduct	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	expected	expect	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	acl	_	_
5	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	upon	upon	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
9	discovering	discover	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	7	acl	_	_
10	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	unattended	unattended	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	amod	_	_
12	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
13	upon	upon	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **state** *speech: other* | imperative | you *not said here* | the conduct |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent conduct=Topic |
| 2 | **expect** | participle |  | the conduct *not said here* |  |  |  | of a passenger | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **discover** | gerund | a passenger *not said here* | a unattended bag |  |  |  | upon a platform | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Topic |

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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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The passenger shall not touch it and shall inform staff

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:e4:o1:1
# text = The passenger shall not touch it and shall inform staff
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
8	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	inform	inform	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	iobj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **touch** | shall | the passenger | it |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
| 2 | **inform** *speech: other* | shall | the passenger *not said here* |  | staff |  |  |  | vn tell-37.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent staff=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The passenger shall carry it to the lost property office

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:e4:o2:1
# text = The passenger shall carry it to the lost property office
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	carry	carry	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
9	property	property	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	office	office	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | shall | the passenger | it |  | the lost property office |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to office=Destination |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The passenger shall open it to ascertain its owner

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:e4:o3:1
# text = The passenger shall open it to ascertain its owner
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	open	open	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	ascertain	ascertain	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	its	its	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	owner	owner	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | shall | the passenger | it |  |  |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme |
| 2 | **ascertain** | to-infinitive | the passenger *not said here* | passenger's owner |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent owner=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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The passenger shall move it clear of the platform edge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:e4:o4:1
# text = The passenger shall move it clear of the platform edge
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	passenger	passenger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	shall	shall	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	move	move	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	clear	clear	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	xcomp	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move** | shall | the passenger | it |  |  |  | clear *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent it=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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