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title: «my bro says if theres no train coming the tracks are totally safe»… — Trains and the Underground · tree and pragmatics
description: «my bro says if theres no train coming the tracks are totally safe» What is right? Test 2 of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» of the technology 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 2 · Trains and the Underground

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«my bro says if theres no train coming the tracks are totally safe» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bro, train, theres · **What happens:** say, come, be · **To what, where:** tracks · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 2 of lesson 21 «Trains and the Underground» of the technology 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/technology/21-trains-and-the-underground/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t2:1
# text = «my bro says if theres no train coming the tracks are totally safe» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	bro	bro	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	14	mark	_	_
6	theres	there	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	14	nsubj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
9	coming	come	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	8	acl	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	tracks	track	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	obj	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
13	totally	totally	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	_
16	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	nsubj	_	_
17	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
18	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	14	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* *in a quote* | present | my bro |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **come** *in a quote* | gerund | no train *not said here* | the tracks |  |  |  |  | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location track=Theme |
| 3 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen, in a quote* | present | theres  no train |  |  |  |  | safe, totally *property* | tree rules |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |

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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 {#o1}

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Wrong, but only because the stones are sharp

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t2:o1:1
# text = Wrong, but only because the stones are sharp
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
4	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
5	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	stones	stone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	9	nsubj	_	_
8	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	sharp	sharp	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | the stones |  |  |  |  | sharp *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Right: without a train coming there is no danger at all, so play away

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t2:o2:1
# text = Right: without a train coming there is no danger at all, so play away
1	Right	right	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
7	there	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	8	expl	_	_
8	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	10	det	_	_
10	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
14	so	so	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
15	play	play	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	8	parataxis	_	_
16	away	away	ADV	RB	_	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | gerund | a train |  |  |  |  | right *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **be** | present | no danger at all |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **play away** | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn performance-26.7-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Right, as long as you walk on the sleepers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t2:o3:1
# text = Right, as long as you walk on the sleepers
1	Right	right	INTJ	UH	_	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	as	as	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	long	long	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	as	as	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	walk	walk	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	sleepers	sleeper	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | present | you |  |  | the sleepers |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on sleeper=Trajectory |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Wrong: a live rail or overhead wire can kill even with no train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t2:o4:1
# text = Wrong: a live rail or overhead wire can kill even with no train
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	live	live	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	rail	rail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nsubj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	overhead	overhead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	wire	wire	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	even	even	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
12	with	with	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	14	det	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **kill** | can | a live rail or overhead wire |  |  |  |  | with no train | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP-PRO-ARB»: agent=Stimulus |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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