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title: Trains and the Underground — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Technology
description: The 15 test and exam questions of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» of the technology course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pragmatics.
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# Trains and the Underground

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The 15 questions of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» of the technology course of Mova's primary school with their options, 79 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t1/) — In a cartoon, a train swerves round a cow standing on the line. What is wrong? — right ✓
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t2/) — «my bro says if theres no train coming the tracks are totally safe» What is right? — wrong ✗
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t3/) — What would happen if a train driver fainted at the controls? — right ✓
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t4/) — «ugh, a train went past already, barriers still down, can't we just duck under» What is the answer? — right ✓
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t5/) — «mate squeezed through the gates behind me, free ride lol» What is the safety problem? — right ✓
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t6/) — Ben says trains need long brakes because the wheels are made of rubber that slides. What is right? — right ✓
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t7/) — «why can't they just go faster on the old wiggly line too» Why does a high-speed train need special track? — right ✓
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t8/) — You stand on a platform and a train is not stopping here. Where is the safe place? — right ✓
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t9/) — «a train with no driver?? i'm not sitting at the front, it'll crash» What is right? — right ✓
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t10/) — Count them: a freight train has 20 wagons, and each wagon carries 2 containers. How many containers? — wrong ✗
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/t11/) — Which country's bullet trains are famous for being on time? — wrong ✗
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/e1/) — Identify the principal reason for which a railway train requires a considerable distance in order to come to a halt. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/e2/) — Select the response consistent with the established facts concerning electrified railway lines in the absence of any train. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/e3/) — Ascertain the function of the device, frequently termed a dead man's handle, with which the driver's cab is furnished. — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/e4/) — Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the operation of railway signals? — wrong ✗ · exam

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