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description: «mate squeezed through the gates behind me, free ride lol» What is the safety problem? Test 5 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 right.
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# Test 5 · Trains and the Underground

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«mate squeezed through the gates behind me, free ride lol» What is the safety problem?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** squeeze, be · **To what, where:** gates, safety problem

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This is test 5 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/#t5).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t5:1
# text = «mate squeezed through the gates behind me, free ride lol» What is the safety problem?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	squeezed	squeeze	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	through	through	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
7	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	me	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	6	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
10	free	free	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	_
12	lol	lol	INTJ	UH	_	3	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	3	punct	_	_
14	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	18	obj	_	_
15	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	18	cop	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	safety	safety	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	problem	problem	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **squeeze** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  | the gates behind me and free ride |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent through gate=Trajectory |
| 2 | **is a** | present |  | the safety problem |  |  |  |  | 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gates close fast and can hit and trap a person

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t5:o1:1
# text = The gates close fast and can hit and trap a person
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
3	close	close	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
6	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	hit	hit	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	trap	trap	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **close** | present | the gates |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **hit** | can | the gates *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **trap** | infinitive | the gates *not said here* | a person |  |  |  |  | vn trick-59.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Patient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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There is none, the gates are made of soft rubber and can't hurt

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t5:o2:1
# text = There is none, the gates are made of soft rubber and can't hurt
1	There	there	PRON	EX	PronType=Dem	2	expl	_	_
2	is	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	none	none	PRON	NN	PronType=Neg	2	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	gates	gate	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj:pass	_	_
7	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	made	make	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	2	parataxis	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	soft	soft	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	rubber	rubber	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	15	cc	_	_
13	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	15	advmod	_	_
15	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **be** | present | none |  |  | there |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **make** | present · passive |  | the gates |  |  |  | of soft rubber | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: subject=Product |
| 3 | **not** **hurt** | can |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gate will take money from both people's cards at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t5:o3:1
# text = The gate will take money from both people's cards at once
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	money	money	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
6	from	from	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
7	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	8	det	_	_
8	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	cards	card	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | future | the gate | money |  | both people's cards |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent money=Theme from card=Source at once=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The gate will lock the whole station until a guard comes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:21-trains-and-the-underground:t5:o4:1
# text = The gate will lock the whole station until a guard comes
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	gate	gate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	lock	lock	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	whole	whole	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	station	station	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	guard	guard	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
11	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lock** | future | the gate | the whole station |  |  |  |  | vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent station=Patient |
| 2 | **come** | present | a guard |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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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