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title: Okay so Death is like a bus driver? — Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper,… · tree and pragmatics
description: Okay so Death is like a bus driver? Test 6 · ★ of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» of the books course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of eac
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# Test 6 · ★ · Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explai…

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Okay so Death is like a bus driver?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** be

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This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 930 «Andersen tales, Ole the Tower-Keeper, part 141: Ole explains the six glasses, the tree in the dust-cart, and Death's omnibus» of the books 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/books/930-pg27200-part141/#t6).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t6:1
# text = Okay so Death is like a bus driver?
1	Okay	okay	INTJ	UH	_	8	discourse	_	_
2	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	Death	Death	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	like	like	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | like a bus driver | 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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Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone on a long final ride to the savings bank of life and beyond

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t6:o1:1
# text = Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone on a long final ride to the savings bank of life and beyond
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	omnibus	omnibus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	conductor	conductor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
9	on	on	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
11	long	long	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
12	final	final	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	13	amod	_	_
13	ride	ride	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	to	to	ADP	IN	_	17	case	_	_
15	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
16	savings	savings	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	17	compound	_	_
17	bank	bank	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
18	of	of	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
19	life	life	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	17	nmod	_	_
20	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
21	beyond	beyond	ADV	RB	_	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a omnibus conductor | everyone |  | a long final ride |  | to the savings bank of life | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme on ride=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t6:o2:1
# text = Yeah, an omnibus conductor who takes everyone
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	omnibus	omnibus	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	conductor	conductor	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a omnibus conductor |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument everyone=Destination |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Kinda, a ferry man who carries souls

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t6:o3:1
# text = Kinda, a ferry man who carries souls
1	Kinda	kinda	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	ferry	ferry	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	carries	carry	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	souls	soul	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **carry** | present | a ferry man | souls |  |  |  |  | vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent soul=Theme |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yeah, a tram driver who takes everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:books:930-pg27200-part141:t6:o4:1
# text = Yeah, a tram driver who takes everyone
1	Yeah	yeah	INTJ	UH	_	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	tram	tram	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	7	nsubj	_	_
7	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	7	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | a tram driver |  | everyone |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument everyone=Destination |

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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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