Test 16 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

did u hear a kid was messing about near the edge of the train platform and fell on the tracks? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid · What happens: hear, mess about, fall · To what, where: edge, real lesson, tracks · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» of the everyday 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 messing	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 messing	aux
7	messing	mess	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hear	ccomp
8	about	about	ADV	_	7 messing	advmod
9	near	near	ADP	_	11 edge	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 edge	det
11	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 messing	obl
12	of	of	ADP	_	15 platform	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 platform	det
14	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 platform	compound
15	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 edge	nmod
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 fell	cc
17	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
18	on	on	ADP	_	20 tracks	case
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 tracks	det
20	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 fell	obl
21	?	?	PUNCT	_	23 lesson	punct
22	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 lesson	amod
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 fell	obl
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	mess about	past · progressive	a kid		the edge of the train platform	about property	tree rules
3	fall	past	u not said here	real lesson	the tracks		vn occur-48.3 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on track=Location

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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay back from the platform edge; trains and the rail kill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	1 Stay	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	6 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 edge	det
5	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 edge	compound
6	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 trains	punct
8	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Stay	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 kill	cc
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 kill	det
11	rail	rail	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kill	compound
12	kill	kill	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 trains	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay back	imperative	you not said here	trains and the rail kill		the platform edge			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Only stand near the edge when trains are slow

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 stand	advmod
2	stand	stand	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	near	near	ADP	_	5 edge	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 edge	det
5	edge	edge	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 stand	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	9 slow	mark
7	trains	train	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 slow	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 slow	cop
9	slow	slow	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 stand	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	imperative	you not said here			the edge			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near edge=Location
2	is	present	trains					slow property	tree rules

Option 3

Jump back up quickly if you fall

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jump	jump	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	back	back	ADV	_	3 up	advmod
3	up	up	ADV	_	1 Jump	advmod
4	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	1 Jump	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 fall	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 fall	nsubj
7	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Jump	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	imperative	you not said here					quickly property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	fall a condition, not said to happen	present	you						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

The tracks are safe when no train comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 tracks	det
2	tracks	track	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 comes	mark
6	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 train	det
7	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 comes	nsubj
8	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	the tracks					safe property	tree rules
2	come	present	no train						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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