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description: «chill, the barriers are down but I can't see a train, we can nip across» What is right? Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» 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 10 · ★★ · Road and railway safety

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«chill, the barriers are down but I can't see a train, we can nip across» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** barriers, I, chill · **What happens:** be, not see, nip · **To what, where:** train · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 27 «Road and railway safety» 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/27-road-and-railway-safety/#t10).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t10:1
# text = «chill, the barriers are down but I can't see a train, we can nip across» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	2	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	chill	chill	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	nsubj	_	_
6	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
9	I	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
10	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	2	punct	_	_
16	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	18	nsubj	_	_
17	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	18	aux	_	_
18	nip	nip	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
19	across	across	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	18	punct	_	_
21	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	23	nsubj	_	_
22	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	23	cop	_	_
23	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	18	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	18	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the barriers |  |  |  |  | down *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **see** *in a quote* | can | I | a train |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |
| 3 | **nip** *in a quote* | can | chill |  |  |  |  | across *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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Only cars must wait, not walkers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t10:o1:1
# text = Only cars must wait, not walkers
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	cars	car	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
6	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	walkers	walker	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | must | cars | walkers |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fine, if you can't hear a train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t10:o2:1
# text = Fine, if you can't hear a train
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **hear** | can | you | a train |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Fine, if you can't see a train

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t10:o3:1
# text = Fine, if you can't see a train
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	7	advmod	_	_
7	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	parataxis	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | you | a train |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer train=Stimulus |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Never cross when barriers are down: fast trains come quickly and take a long way to stop

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t10:o4:1
# text = Never cross when barriers are down: fast trains come quickly and take a long way to stop
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	when	when	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	6	advmod	_	_
4	barriers	barrier	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	down	down	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	10	punct	_	_
8	fast	fast	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	amod	_	_
9	trains	train	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	10	nsubj	_	_
10	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
11	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	10	conj	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	16	det	_	_
15	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	16	amod	_	_
16	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	_
17	to	to	PART	TO	_	18	mark	_	_
18	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **cross** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is** | present | barriers |  |  |  |  | down *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **come** | present | fast trains |  |  |  |  | quickly *property* | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **take** | infinitive | fast trains *not said here* | a long way |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Theme |
| 5 | **stop** | to-infinitive | fast trains *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

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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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