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title: did u hear some teens ducked under the crossing barriers and "the tr… — Railway crossings, maps and addresses · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear some teens ducked under the crossing barriers and "the train missed them by a hair". lesson? Test 17 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 17 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

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did u hear some teens ducked under the crossing barriers and "the train missed them by a hair". lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** u, train · **What happens:** hear, duck, miss · **To what, where:** teens, crossing barriers

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This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t17:1
# text = did u hear some teens ducked under the crossing barriers and "the train missed them by a hair". lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	some	some	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	5	det	_	_
5	teens	teen	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	ducked	duck	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl	_	_
7	under	under	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	compound	_	_
10	barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	nsubj	_	_
15	missed	miss	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
16	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	15	obj	_	_
17	by	by	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	19	det	_	_
19	hair	hair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
21	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | some teens |  |  |  | lesson *obl:unmarked* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer teen=Stimulus |
| 2 | **duck** | participle |  | some teens *not said here* |  | the crossing barriers |  |  | vn avoid-52 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **miss** *in a quote* | past | the train | teens *= teen* |  |  |  | by a hair | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |

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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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You can cross if you run quickly and keep looking at the train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t17:o1:1
# text = You can cross if you run quickly and keep looking at the train
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
7	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
10	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	xcomp	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | can | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **keep** | infinitive | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **look** | gerund | You *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the train | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at train=Theme |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Duck under fast if the train looks far

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t17:o2:1
# text = Duck under fast if the train looks far
1	Duck	duck	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	amod	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
7	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
8	far	far	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | the train |  |  |  |  | far *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Barriers are only meant for cars

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t17:o3:1
# text = Barriers are only meant for cars
1	Barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	only	only	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	meant	mean	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **mean** | present · passive |  | Barriers |  |  |  | for cars | vn representation-110.1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: subject=Theme for car=Attribute |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never go round or under lowered barriers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t17:o4:1
# text = Never go round or under lowered barriers
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	round	round	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	under	under	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	lowered	lower	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	amod	_	_
7	barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lower** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn caused\_calibratable\_cos-45.6.2-1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient |

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