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title: dropped my headphones on the tracks!! can i just hop down quick — Trains, the Underground and subways · tree and pragmatics
description: dropped my headphones on the tracks!! can i just hop down quick Test 14 · ★ 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 14 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
dropped my headphones on the tracks!! can i just hop down quick

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** drop, hop down · **To what, where:** headphones, tracks

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t14:1
# text = dropped my headphones on the tracks!! can i just hop down quick
1	dropped	drop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	headphones	headphone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	!!	!!	PUNCT	.	_	11	punct	_	_
8	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
9	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
10	just	just	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
11	hop	hop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	parataxis	_	_
12	down	down	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
13	quick	quick	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **drop** | past |  | my headphones |  | the tracks |  |  | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent headphone=Theme on track=Destination |
| 2 | **hop down** | can | i |  |  |  |  | down, quick *property* | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, a friend can stand at the edge and watch for trains for you

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t14:o1:1
# text = Yes, a friend can stand at the edge and watch for trains for you
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	6	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	friend	friend	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	stand	stand	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	watch	watch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	_
14	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
15	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | can | a friend |  |  | the edge |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=Location |
| 2 | **watch** | infinitive | a friend *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for trains; for you | vn search-35.2 «NP V PP.theme NP.location»: agent=Agent for train=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, if no train is coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t14:o2:1
# text = Yes, if no train is coming
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	7	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	5	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present · progressive | no train |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, but avoid the shiny rail

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t14:o3:1
# text = Yes, but avoid the shiny rail
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	avoid	avoid	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	shiny	shiny	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **avoid** | imperative | you *not said here* | the shiny rail |  |  |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V NP.location»: agent=Agent rail=Location |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
No, tell a staff member, they'll get them safely

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t14:o4:1
# text = No, tell a staff member, they'll get them safely
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	10	punct	_	_
8	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	obj	_	_
12	safely	safely	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a staff member |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient |
| 2 | **get** | future | they | them *= they* |  |  |  | safely *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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