--- title: train platform, can i stand over the yellow line — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics description: train platform, can i stand over the yellow line Test 12 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/t12/) [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/) / t12 # Test 12 · Buses, trains and being seen train platform, can i stand over the yellow line **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** i · **What happens:** stand · **To what, where:** train platform, yellow line This is test 12 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t12:1 # text = train platform, can i stand over the yellow line 1 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 compound _ _ 2 platform platform NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 6 punct _ _ 4 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 5 i I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 acl:relcl _ _ 7 over over ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 yellow yellow ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 10 amod _ _ 10 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | can | i | train platform *not said here* | | the yellow line | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent platform=Theme over line=Destination | 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} Yes, if you hold on ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t12:o1:1 # text = Yes, if you hold on 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 5 compound:prt _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold on** | present | you | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Yes, if no train is coming ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t12:o2:1 # text = Yes, if no train is coming 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 4 no no DET DT PronType=Neg 5 det _ _ 5 train train NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 7 coming come VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **come** | present · progressive | no train | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, to get on first ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t12:o3:1 # text = Yes, to get on first 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 on on ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 first first ADV RB NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get on** | to-infinitive | | | | | | first *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} No, stay behind it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t12:o4:1 # text = No, stay behind it 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 behind behind ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | it | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind it=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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