--- title: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance at… — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics description: Select the response that is consistent with established guidance at a train platform. Exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/e4/) [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/) / [Buses, trains and being seen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/) / e4 # Exam question 4 · Buses, trains and being seen Select the response that is consistent with established guidance at a train platform. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** you, response · **What happens:** select, be, establish · **To what, where:** response This is exam question 4 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/#e4). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e4:1 # text = Select the response that is consistent with established guidance at a train platform. 1 Select select VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 response response NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 that that PRON WDT PronType=Rel 6 nsubj _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 cop _ _ 6 consistent consistent ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 acl:relcl _ _ 7 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 established establish VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 guidance guidance NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 platform platform NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 14 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **select** | imperative | you *not said here* | the response | | | | | vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent response=Theme | | 2 | **is** | present | the response | | | | | with established guidance at a train platform; consistent *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **establish** | participle | | | | | | | vn indicate-78-1-1 «NP V NP to be NP»: agent=Pivot | 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 {#o1} Persons should board before others alight ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e4:o1:1 # text = Persons should board before others alight 1 Persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 board board NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ 4 before before ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 others other NOUN NNS Number=Plur 1 nmod _ _ 6 alight alight ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 0 root _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 {#o2} Persons should run towards the train as it arrives ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e4:o2:1 # text = Persons should run towards the train as it arrives 1 Persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 run run VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 towards towards ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 7 as as SCONJ IN _ 9 mark _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 arrives arrive VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | should | Persons | | | the train | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme towards train=Destination | | 2 | **arrive** | present | train | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} Persons should stand behind the yellow or white safety line ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e4:o3:1 # text = Persons should stand behind the yellow or white safety line 1 Persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 6 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 8 cc _ _ 8 white white ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 conj _ _ 9 safety safety NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | should | Persons | | | the yellow safety line | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent behind line=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Persons should stand at the very edge of the platform ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e4:o4:1 # text = Persons should stand at the very edge of the platform 1 Persons person NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 very very ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 7 edge edge NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obl _ _ 8 of of ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 platform platform NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | should | Persons | | | the edge of the platform | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent at edge=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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