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title: «that goods train's stopped, dare ya to climb on the roof» What is r… — Road and railway safety · tree and pragmatics
description: «that goods train's stopped, dare ya to climb on the roof» What is right? Test 4 · ★★ 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 4 · ★★ · Road and railway safety

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«that goods train's stopped, dare ya to climb on the roof» What is right?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **What happens:** stop, dare, climb, be · **To what, where:** ya, roof · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 4 · ★★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t4:1
# text = «that goods train's stopped, dare ya to climb on the roof» What is right?
1	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	that	that	DET	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	det	_	_
3	goods	goods	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	4	compound	_	_
4	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	's	's	PART	POS	_	4	case	_	_
6	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	dare	dare	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	ya	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	climb	climb	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
12	on	on	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	roof	roof	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	6	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	6	parataxis	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** *in a quote* | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **dare** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | ya |  |  |  |  | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent you=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **climb** *in a quote* | to-infinitive |  |  |  | the roof |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on roof=Trajectory |
| 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Never: overhead wires can kill without touching them, and it's illegal

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t4:o1:1
# text = Never: overhead wires can kill without touching them, and it's illegal
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
3	overhead	overhead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	wires	wire	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	kill	kill	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
7	without	without	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
8	touching	touch	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	6	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	14	punct	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
14	illegal	illegal	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **kill** | can | overhead wires |  |  |  |  |  | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **touch** | gerund | overhead wires *not said here* | wires *= wire* |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme they=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | illegal *property* | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Fine, if the train has no engine on

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t4:o2:1
# text = Fine, if the train has no engine on
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	has	have	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
7	no	no	DET	DT	PronType=Neg	8	det	_	_
8	engine	engine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | the train | no engine |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent engine=Patient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Fine, if you are quick

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t4:o3:1
# text = Fine, if you are quick
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
3	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	quick	quick	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 | you |  |  |  |  | quick *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fine, a stopped train can't hurt you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:technology:27-road-and-railway-safety:t4:o4:1
# text = Fine, a stopped train can't hurt you
1	Fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stopped	stop	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
5	train	train	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
6	ca	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	8	advmod	_	_
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
9	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **hurt** | can | a stopped train | you |  |  |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Patient |

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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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