--- title: A girl at Heathrow hears her gate number changed over the loudspeake… — Airports and planes · tree and pragmatics description: A girl at Heathrow hears her gate number changed over the loudspeaker. Why is it good she was listening? Test 1 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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 --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/t1/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Airports and planes](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/271-airports-and-planes/) / t1 # Test 1 · ★ · Airports and planes A girl at Heathrow hears her gate number changed over the loudspeaker. Why is it good she was listening? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** girl · **What happens:** hear, change, be, listen · **To what, where:** gate number, loudspeaker This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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/271-airports-and-planes/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl at Heathrow hears her gate number changed over the loudspeaker. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t1:1 # text = A girl at Heathrow hears her gate number changed over the loudspeaker. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Heathrow Heathrow PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 hears hear 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 8 nmod:poss _ _ 7 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 number number NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 changed change VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 acl _ _ 10 over over ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 loudspeaker loudspeaker NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 13 . . PUNCT . _ 5 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hear** | present | a girl at Heathrow | girl's gate number | | | | | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus | | 2 | **change** | participle | | girl's gate number *not said here* | | the loudspeaker | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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:* Why is it good she was listening? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t1:2 # text = Why is it good she was listening? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 expl _ _ 4 good good ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ 5 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 listening listen VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | | | | | | good *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **listen** | past · progressive | girl | | | | | | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1} Gates and times can change, and she could miss her flight ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t1:o1:1 # text = Gates and times can change, and she could miss her flight 1 Gates gate NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 nsubj _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 times time NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 conj _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ _ 5 change change VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 8 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 nsubj _ _ 9 could could AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 10 aux _ _ 10 miss miss VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 parataxis _ _ 11 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 flight flight NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 obl:unmarked _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **change** | can | Gates and times | | | | | | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **miss** | could | she | her *= she* | | | | flight *obl:unmarked* | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ### Option 2 {#o2} Announcements tell you what to eat ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t1:o2:1 # text = Announcements tell you what to eat 1 Announcements announcement NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 nsubj _ _ 2 tell tell VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 iobj _ _ 4 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 6 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 eat eat VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present | Announcements | | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} The announcement was about free sweets for children ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t1:o3:1 # text = The announcement was about free sweets for children 1 The the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 announcement announcement NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 4 about about ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 free free ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 amod _ _ 6 sweets sweet NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 7 for for ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 8 children child NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | past | the announcement | | | | | about free sweets; for children | tree rules | ### Option 4 {#o4} She needed to know the weather ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:271-airports-and-planes:t1:o4:1 # text = She needed to know the weather 1 She she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 needed need VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 know know VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 weather weather NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **need** | past | She | | | | | | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | | 2 | **know** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | She *not said here* | the weather | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer weather=Stimulus | **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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