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title: A boy in London needs the Central line to Epping. How does he find t… — Trains, the Underground and subways · tree and pragmatics
description: A boy in London needs the Central line to Epping. How does he find the right platform? Test 3 · ★ 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 wrong.
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# Test 3 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

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A boy in London needs the Central line to Epping. How does he find the right platform?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy · **What happens:** need, find · **To what, where:** Central line, right platform

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This is test 3 · ★ 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/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in London needs the Central line to Epping.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t3:1
# text = A boy in London needs the Central line to Epping.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	London	London	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	needs	need	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	Central	central	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
9	to	to	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	Epping	Epping	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **need** | present | a boy in London | the Central line |  |  |  | to Epping | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot line=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.

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*Sentence 2:* How does he find the right platform?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t3:2
# text = How does he find the right platform?
1	How	how	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	does	do	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	find	find	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	platform	platform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **find** | present · do-support | boy | the right platform |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent platform=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Follow the red Central line signs that say Epping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t3:o1:1
# text = Follow the red Central line signs that say Epping
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
3	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
4	Central	Central	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
5	line	line	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
8	say	say	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	acl:relcl	_	_
9	Epping	Epping	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | the red Central line signs |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sign=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | the red Central line signs | Epping |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent epping=Topic |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Get on any red train that comes into any station

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t3:o2:1
# text = Get on any red train that comes into any station
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	on	on	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
4	red	red	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	into	into	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	10	det	_	_
10	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | any red train |  | into any station | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into station=Destination |
| 2 | **come** | present | any red train |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

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Take whichever train arrives first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t3:o3:1
# text = Take whichever train arrives first
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	whichever	whichever	DET	WDT	PronType=Rel	3	det	_	_
3	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	arrives	arrive	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **arrive** | present | whichever train |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Follow the signs to the exit

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t3:o4:1
# text = Follow the signs to the exit
1	Follow	follow	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	signs	sign	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	exit	exit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | imperative | you *not said here* | the signs |  | the exit |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sign=Theme to exit=Trajectory |

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