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title: Why do we thank a bus driver who is paid to drive? — Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry · tree and pragmatics
description: Why do we thank a bus driver who is paid to drive? Test 2 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» of the everyday 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 2 · ★ · Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry

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Why do we thank a bus driver who is paid to drive?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** thank, pay, drive · **To what, where:** bus driver

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This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 126 «Goodbye, please, thank you and sorry» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry/#t2).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t2:1
# text = Why do we thank a bus driver who is paid to drive?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	thank	thank	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	10	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl:relcl	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	drive	drive	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	advcl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | present · do-support | we |  | a bus driver |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent driver=Theme |
| 2 | **pay** | present · passive |  | a bus driver |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Asset |
| 3 | **drive** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent |

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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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Because it is a rule only on school buses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t2:o1:1
# text = Because it is a rule only on school buses
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	rule	rule	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | it | a rule |  | school buses |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Because the driver might stop the bus and make you get off otherwise

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t2:o2:1
# text = Because the driver might stop the bus and make you get off otherwise
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
4	might	might	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	make	make	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
10	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	obj	_	_
11	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	xcomp	_	_
12	off	off	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
13	otherwise	otherwise	ADV	RB	_	11	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | might | the driver | the bus |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Affector bus=Eventuality |
| 2 | **make** | infinitive | the driver *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **get off** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | otherwise *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Because thanking makes the bus go faster

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t2:o3:1
# text = Because thanking makes the bus go faster
1	Because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	3	mark	_	_
2	thanking	thank	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
6	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	xcomp	_	_
7	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **thank** *speech: thank* | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **make** | present |  | the bus |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **go** | infinitive | the bus *not said here* |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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

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People who look after us deserve thanks, paid or not

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:126-goodbye-thanks-and-sorry:t2:o4:1
# text = People who look after us deserve thanks, paid or not
1	People	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	after	after	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	us	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	3	obl	_	_
6	deserve	deserve	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	thanks	thanks	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	paid	pay	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	acl	_	_
10	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	9	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | present | People |  |  |  | after us |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 2 | **deserve** | present | People | thanks |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 3 | **pay** | participle |  | thanks *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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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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