--- title: on the escalator in london, ppl keep saying excuse me behind me?? — Good manners on buses and trains, and… · tree and pragmatics description: on the escalator in london, ppl keep saying excuse me behind me?? Test 12 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/t12/) [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/) / [Good manners on buses and trains, and…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/) / t12 # Test 12 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things on the escalator in london, ppl keep saying excuse me behind me?? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** ppl · **What happens:** keep, say, excuse · **To what, where:** escalator, me · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 12 · ★ 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/225-public-transport-and-borrowing/#t12). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t12:1 # text = on the escalator in london, ppl keep saying excuse me behind me?? 1 on on ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 escalator escalator NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 london London PROPN NNP Number=Sing 3 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 3 punct _ _ 7 ppl people NOUN NNS Abbr=Yes|Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 keep keep VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 9 saying say VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 xcomp _ _ 10 excuse excuse VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 behind behind ADP IN _ 13 case _ _ 13 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 14 ?? ?? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | ppl | | | the escalator in london | | | tree rules | | 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | gerund | ppl *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **excuse** | infinitive | ppl *not said here* | me | | | | behind me | vn judgment-33.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent i=Theme | 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} Stand on the right so people can walk on the left ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t12:o1:1 # text = Stand on the right so people can walk on the left 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 right right NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 so so SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 6 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 8 aux _ _ 8 walk walk VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 9 on on ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 left left NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the right | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on right=Location | | 2 | **walk** | can | people | | | the left | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on left=Trajectory | ### Option 2 {#o2} Stand in the middle so nobody pushes ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t12:o2:1 # text = Stand in the middle so nobody pushes 1 Stand stand VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 middle middle NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 so so ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 6 nobody nobody PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Neg 7 nsubj _ _ 7 pushes push VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the middle | | | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in middle=Location | | 2 | **push** | present | nobody | | | | | | vn push-12-1-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent | ### Option 3 {#o3} Sit down on the step ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t12:o3:1 # text = Sit down on the step 1 Sit sit VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 3 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 step step NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **sit down** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | on the step | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on step=Location | ### Option 4 {#o4} Walk down the up escalator ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:225-public-transport-and-borrowing:t12:o4:1 # text = Walk down the up escalator 1 Walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 down down ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 up up ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 escalator escalator NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **walk down** | imperative | you *not said here* | the up escalator | | | | down *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme escalator=Trajectory | **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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