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title: mates are taking a shortcut over the train tracks — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics
description: mates are taking a shortcut over the train tracks Test 15 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.
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# Test 15 · Buses, trains and being seen

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mates are taking a shortcut over the train tracks

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mates · **What happens:** take · **To what, where:** shortcut, train tracks

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This is test 15 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/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t15:1
# text = mates are taking a shortcut over the train tracks
1	mates	mate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	taking	take	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shortcut	shortcut	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	over	over	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present · progressive | mates | a shortcut |  | the train tracks |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shortcut=Theme |

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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 {#o1}

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Go if you listen first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t15:o1:1
# text = Go if you listen first
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	listen	listen	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **listen** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go if you run

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t15:o2:1
# text = Go if you run
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	4	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	run	run	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **run** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say no and use the bridge or crossing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t15:o3:1
# text = Say no and use the bridge or crossing
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	no	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	1	discourse	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	use	use	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bridge	bridge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	crossing	crossing	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **use** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the bridge or crossing |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bridge=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go if you cannot see or hear a train coming

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t15:o4:1
# text = Go if you cannot see or hear a train coming
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
4	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **not** **see** *a condition, not said to happen* | can | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer |
| 3 | **hear** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a train |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |
| 4 | **come** | gerund | a train *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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