--- title: An escalator at a London station has a crowd standing on both sides.… — Trains, the Underground and subways · tree and pragmatics description: An escalator at a London station has a crowd standing on both sides. What will people in a hurry say? 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What will people in a hurry say? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** escalator, crowd, people · **What happens:** have, stand, say · **To what, where:** crowd, sides · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* An escalator at a London station has a crowd standing on both sides. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t4:1 # text = An escalator at a London station has a crowd standing on both sides. 1 An a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 escalator escalator NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 London London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 station station NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 has have VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 standing stand VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 9 acl _ _ 11 on on ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 12 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 13 det _ _ 13 sides side NOUN NNS Number=Plur 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present | a escalator at a London station | a crowd | | | | | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent crowd=Patient | | 2 | **stand** | gerund | a crowd *not said here* | | | both sides | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on side=Location | 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. *Sentence 2:* What will people in a hurry say? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t4:2 # text = What will people in a hurry say? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nsubj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 hurry hurry NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 nmod _ _ 7 say say VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | future | people in a hurry | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent what=Topic | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Please stand on the right ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t4:o1:1 # text = Please stand on the right 1 Please please INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the right | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on right=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Please walk on the right-hand side ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t4:o2:1 # text = Please walk on the right-hand side 1 Please please INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 5 right right ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 5 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 hand hand NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 side side NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the hand side | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on side=Trajectory | ### Option 3 {#o3} Please sit down on the steps ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t4:o3:1 # text = Please sit down on the steps 1 Please please INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 down down ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 4 on on ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 steps step NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | on the steps | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Please run faster up the left ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:270-trains-and-subways:t4:o4:1 # text = Please run faster up the left 1 Please please INTJ UH _ 2 discourse _ _ 2 run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 2 advmod _ _ 4 up up ADP RP _ 2 compound:prt _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the left | | | | fast *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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