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title: A girl in Toronto sees her hat blow onto the subway tracks. Which is… — Trains, the Underground and subways · tree and pragmatics
description: A girl in Toronto sees her hat blow onto the subway tracks. Which is the right choice? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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.
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# Test 1 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

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A girl in Toronto sees her hat blow onto the subway tracks. Which is the right choice?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl, hat · **What happens:** see, blow, be · **To what, where:** subway tracks, right choice · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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/270-trains-and-subways/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A girl in Toronto sees her hat blow onto the subway tracks.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t1:1
# text = A girl in Toronto sees her hat blow onto the subway tracks.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	sees	see	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	hat	hat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	blow	blow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	ccomp	_	_
9	onto	onto	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	subway	subway	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **see** | present | a girl in Toronto |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **blow** | infinitive | girl's hat |  |  | the subway tracks |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent onto track=Recipient |

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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:* Which is the right choice?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t1:2
# text = Which is the right choice?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	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	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the right choice |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

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

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Ask a staff member to get it for her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t1:o1:1
# text = Ask a staff member to get it for her
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | a staff member |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | member |  |  |  | for her *= she* | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent it=Theme for she=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climb down while no train is in sight

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t1:o2:1
# text = Climb down while no train is in sight
1	Climb	climb	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | no train |  |  | sight |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Jump down and climb back up very quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t1:o3:1
# text = Jump down and climb back up very quickly
1	Jump	jump	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	climb	climb	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	back	back	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
6	up	up	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
7	very	very	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Lie flat on the platform and reach down for it

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t1:o4:1
# text = Lie flat on the platform and reach down for it
1	Lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	flat	flat	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	reach	reach	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	down	down	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the platform |  | flat *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on platform=Location |
| 2 | **reach down** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for platform | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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