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description: my brother reckons a driver saw a kid on the line and stopped "like 2 inches away". what's prob exaggerated Test 18 · ★ 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; Mov
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# Test 18 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

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my brother reckons a driver saw a kid on the line and stopped "like 2 inches away". what's prob exaggerated

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** brother, driver · **What happens:** reckon, see, stop, be, exaggerate · **To what, where:** kid, line, prob

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t18:1
# text = my brother reckons a driver saw a kid on the line and stopped "like 2 inches away". what's prob exaggerated
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	stopped	stop	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
14	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	like	like	INTJ	UH	_	18	discourse	_	_
16	2	2	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	17	nummod	_	_
17	inches	inch	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
18	away	away	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
21	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
22	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	prob	prob	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
24	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	23	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reckon** | present | my brother |  |  |  |  |  | vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | past | a driver | a kid |  | the line |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |
| 3 | **stop** | past | a driver *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **is a** | present |  | prob |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **exaggerate** | participle |  | prob *not said here* |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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}

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That trains run on rails at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t18:o1:1
# text = That trains run on rails at all
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	rails	rail	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | present | that trains |  |  | rails |  | at all | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on rail=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That drivers look out at the track

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t18:o2:1
# text = That drivers look out at the track
1	That	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	2	det	_	_
2	drivers	driver	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	out	out	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	track	track	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look out** | present | that drivers |  |  | the track |  |  | vn caring-75.2-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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The close stop, since trains need hundreds of metres to stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t18:o3:1
# text = The close stop, since trains need hundreds of metres to stop
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
5	since	since	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
7	need	need	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
8	hundreds	hundred	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	metres	metre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | trains | hundreds of metres |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot hundred=Theme |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | trains *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That there was a train on the line

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t18:o4:1
# text = That there was a train on the line
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	_
2	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	3	expl	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | past | That | a train |  | the line |  |  | tree rules |

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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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