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title: Why do people get hit at level crossings even though they saw the tr… — Railway crossings, maps and addresses · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do people get hit at level crossings even though they saw the train? Test 7 · ★★ 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's choice was right.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

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Why do people get hit at level crossings even though they saw the train?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** hit, see · **To what, where:** people, level crossings, train

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t7:1
# text = Why do people get hit at level crossings even though they saw the train?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	5	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hit	hit	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	level	level	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	crossings	crossing	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	12	advmod	_	_
10	though	though	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hit** | present · passive · do-support |  | people |  | level crossings |  |  | vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: subject=Theme at crossing=Destination |
| 2 | **see** | past | people | the train |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Trains are faster and closer than they look

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t7:o1:1
# text = Trains are faster and closer than they look
1	Trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	faster	fast	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	0	root	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	closer	close	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	3	conj	_	_
6	than	than	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Trains |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **be** |  | Trains *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **look** | present | Trains *= train* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Trains change direction suddenly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t7:o2:1
# text = Trains change direction suddenly
1	Trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	change	change	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	direction	direction	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
4	suddenly	suddenly	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **change** | present | Trains | direction |  |  |  | suddenly *property* | vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent direction=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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People cannot hear trains at all, even when they are very near

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t7:o3:1
# text = People cannot hear trains at all, even when they are very near
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
9	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
10	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	14	advmod	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	very	very	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	near	near	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | People | trains |  | all |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |
| 2 | **is** | present | People |  |  |  |  | near *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Trains have no lights at the front

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t7:o4:1
# text = Trains have no lights at the front
1	Trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	4	det	_	_
4	lights	light	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	obj	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Trains | no lights |  | the front |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent light=Patient |

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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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