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title: did u hear at the concert ppl got "squashed like sardines, one lady… — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear at the concert ppl got "squashed like sardines, one lady couldn't breathe". real lesson? Test 17 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's
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# Test 17 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

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did u hear at the concert ppl got "squashed like sardines, one lady couldn't breathe". real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, concert ppl, one lady · **What happens:** hear, get, squash, not breathe · **To what, where:** real lesson

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This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t17:1
# text = did u hear at the concert ppl got "squashed like sardines, one lady couldn't breathe". real 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	at	at	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	concert	concert	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	ppl	ppl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	advcl	_	_
9	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	squashed	squash	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	xcomp	_	_
11	like	like	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	sardines	sardine	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
14	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	lady	lady	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
16	could	could	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	18	advmod	_	_
18	breathe	breathe	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
21	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
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 | real lesson |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **get** | past | the concert ppl |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **squash** *in a quote* | participle | the concert ppl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | like sardines | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V together»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **not** **breathe** *in a quote* | could | one lady |  |  |  |  |  | vn breathe-40.1.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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If a crowd pushes, move to the side towards space

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t17:o1:1
# text = If a crowd pushes, move to the side towards space
1	If	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	pushes	push	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
6	move	move	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	to	to	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	side	side	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	towards	towards	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | a crowd |  |  |  |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **move** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the side |  | towards space | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V PP.source PP.trajectory PP.destination»: agent=Theme to side=Source towards space=Trajectory |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Lie down so you can't fall over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t17:o2:1
# text = Lie down so you can't fall over
1	Lie	lie	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	down	down	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
3	so	so	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	fall	fall	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
8	over	over	ADV	RB	_	7	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lie down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **not** **fall over** | can | you |  |  |  |  | over *property* | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Push harder to get to the front, where there is more air

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t17:o3:1
# text = Push harder to get to the front, where there is more air
1	Push	push	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	harder	hard	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
9	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
10	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	11	expl	_	_
11	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	acl:relcl	_	_
12	more	more	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	13	amod	_	_
13	air	air	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **push** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the front *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to front=Result |
| 3 | **be** | present | more air |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Stand still right in the middle

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t17:o4:1
# text = Stand still right in the middle
1	Stand	stand	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	still	still	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	middle	middle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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