--- title: Why is it easier to balance on a bus if you stand sideways with feet… — Balance and falling well · tree and pragmatics description: Why is it easier to balance on a bus if you stand sideways with feet apart? Test 7 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/t7/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Balance and falling well](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/2-balance-and-falling-well/) / t7 # Test 7 · ★ · Balance and falling well Why is it easier to balance on a bus if you stand sideways with feet apart? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** it, you · **What happens:** be, balance, stand · **To what, where:** bus This is test 7 · ★ of lesson 2 «Balance and falling well» 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/2-balance-and-falling-well/#t7). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t7:1 # text = Why is it easier to balance on a bus if you stand sideways with feet apart? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 easier easy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 balance balance VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 xcomp _ _ 7 on on ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ 10 if if SCONJ IN _ 12 mark _ _ 11 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ _ 12 stand stand VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 advcl _ _ 13 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 14 with with ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 15 feet foot NOUN NNS Number=Plur 12 obl _ _ 16 apart apart ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | easy *property* | tree rules | | 2 | **balance** | to-infinitive | | | | a bus | | | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on bus=Location | | 3 | **stand** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | with feet; apart, sideways *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | 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 {#o1} Standing sideways makes the bus smoother ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t7:o1:1 # text = Standing sideways makes the bus smoother 1 Standing stand VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 3 csubj _ _ 2 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 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 6 det _ _ 5 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 compound _ _ 6 smoother smoother NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | gerund | | | | | | sideways *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **make** | present | Standing | the bus smoother | | | | | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset smoother=Product | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Your base is wider in the direction the bus jolts ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t7:o2:1 # text = Your base is wider in the direction the bus jolts 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 2 nmod:poss _ _ 2 base base NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 3 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 cop _ _ 4 wider wide ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 9 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 10 compound _ _ 10 jolts jolt NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | Your base | | | the direction the bus jolts | | wide *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 {#o3} It makes you heavier on the floor ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t7:o3:1 # text = It makes you heavier on the floor 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 heavier heavy ADJ JJR Degree=Cmp 2 xcomp _ _ 5 on on ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 floor floor NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | you | | the floor | | heavy *property* | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material you=Product | ### Option 4 {#o4} Your inner ear works better sideways ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:2-balance-and-falling-well:t7:o4:1 # text = Your inner ear works better sideways 1 Your your PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 3 nmod:poss _ _ 2 inner inner ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 3 amod _ _ 3 ear ear NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 works work VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 better well ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 4 advmod _ _ 6 sideways sideways ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **work** | present | Your inner ear | | | | | sideways, well *property* | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | **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. 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