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title: A child's long scarf is caught at the edge of the escalator. What sh… — Escalators and lifts · tree and pragmatics
description: A child's long scarf is caught at the edge of the escalator. What should an adult do at once? Test 6 of lesson 26 «Escalators and lifts» 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 6 · Escalators and lifts

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A child's long scarf is caught at the edge of the escalator. What should an adult do at once?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** adult · **What happens:** catch, do · **To what, where:** long scarf, edge

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This is test 6 of lesson 26 «Escalators and lifts» 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/26-escalators-and-lifts/#t6).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A child's long scarf is caught at the edge of the escalator.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:t6:1
# text = A child's long scarf is caught at the edge of the escalator.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	edge	edge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	escalator	escalator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **catch** | present · passive |  | a child's long scarf |  | the edge of the escalator |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: subject=Theme at edge=Asset |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* What should an adult do at once?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:t6:2
# text = What should an adult do at once?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	5	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
5	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | a adult |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Pull the child up the steps faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:t6:o1:1
# text = Pull the child up the steps faster
1	Pull	pull	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	1	compound:prt	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	steps	step	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | imperative | you *not said here* | the child |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP ADJP-Result»: agent=Agent child=Theme step=Result |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Tell a shop assistant after shopping

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:t6:o2:1
# text = Tell a shop assistant after shopping
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	assistant	assistant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	after	after	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | a shop assistant |  |  | after shopping |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent assistant=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Wait for the escalator to reach the top and let the comb plate cut the scarf

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:t6:o3:1
# text = Wait for the escalator to reach the top and let the comb plate cut the scarf
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	escalator	escalator	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	reach	reach	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	let	let	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	comb	comb	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	plate	plate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
14	cut	cut	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	10	ccomp	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
16	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for the escalator | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **reach** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the top |  |  |  |  | vn body\_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent top=Theme |
| 3 | **let** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **cut** | past | the comb plate | the scarf |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material scarf=Product |

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

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Press the emergency stop button at the top or bottom

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:26-escalators-and-lifts:t6:o4:1
# text = Press the emergency stop button at the top or bottom
1	Press	press	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
3	emergency	emergency	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	button	button	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	top	top	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
9	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
10	bottom	bottom	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **press** | imperative | you *not said here* | the stop button |  | the top or bottom |  |  | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent button=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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