--- title: A crowd at a festival gate is squeezing more and more. Which move is… — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics description: A crowd at a festival gate is squeezing more and more. Which move is safest? Test 4 · ★ 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 choice was wrong. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/t4/) [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/) / [Money in town and staying safe in crowds](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/) / t4 # Test 4 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds A crowd at a festival gate is squeezing more and more. Which move is safest? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** crowd, move · **What happens:** squeeze, be · **To what, where:** more This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A crowd at a festival gate is squeezing more and more. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t4:1 # text = A crowd at a festival gate is squeezing more and more. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 crowd crowd NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 3 at at ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 4 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 5 festival festival NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 7 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 squeezing squeeze VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 9 more more ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 8 obj _ _ 10 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 11 more more ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 9 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **squeeze** | present · progressive | a crowd at a festival gate | more | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent more=Theme | 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:* Which move is safest? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t4:2 # text = Which move is safest? 1 Which which DET WDT PronType=Int 2 det _ _ 2 move move NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 safest safe ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | which move | | | | | safe *property* | tree rules | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} Climb over people towards the gate ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t4:o1:1 # text = Climb over people towards the gate 1 Climb climb VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 over over ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 obl _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 gate gate NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **climb** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the gate | | over people | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location PP.destination»: agent=Theme over people=Initial\_Location towards gate=Destination | ### Option 2 {#o2} Lie down and cover your head ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t4:o2:1 # text = Lie down and cover your head 1 Lie lie VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 cover cover VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 6 nmod:poss _ _ 6 head head NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lie down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | down *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **cover** | infinitive | you *not said here* | your head | | | | | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme head=Destination | ### Option 3 {#o3} Push forward to get through faster ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t4:o3:1 # text = Push forward to get through faster 1 Push push VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 forward forward ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 5 through through ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **push forward** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | forward *property* | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **get through** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | fast, through *property* | vn cope-83-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Go sideways towards space ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t4:o4:1 # text = Go sideways towards space 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 towards towards ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 space space NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | space | | sideways *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme towards space=Initial\_Location | **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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