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title: A blind woman is at the bus stop. You want to tell her the bus is co… — Respect for first peoples, older peopl… · tree and pragmatics
description: A blind woman is at the bus stop. You want to tell her the bus is coming. What should you do first? Test 5 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question
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# Test 5 · ★ · Respect for first peoples, older people and people with di…

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A blind woman is at the bus stop. You want to tell her the bus is coming. What should you do first?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** blind woman, You, bus · **What happens:** be, want, tell, come, do · **To what, where:** bus stop, woman · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 227 «Respect for first peoples, older people and people with disabilities» 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/227-older-people-and-disabilities/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A blind woman is at the bus stop.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t5:1
# text = A blind woman is at the bus stop.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	blind	blind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	woman	woman	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	8	cop	_	_
5	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	stop	stop	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 | a blind woman |  |  | the bus stop |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* You want to tell her the bus is coming.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t5:2
# text = You want to tell her the bus is coming.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	want	want	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	tell	tell	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	xcomp	_	_
5	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	coming	come	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	4	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **want** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | You *not said here* |  | woman |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent she=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 3 | **come** | present · progressive | the bus |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What should you do first?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t5:3
# text = What should you do first?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | you |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Clap loudly to get her attention

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t5:o1:1
# text = Clap loudly to get her attention
1	Clap	clap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	loudly	loudly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	acl	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	attention	attention	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | to-infinitive |  | her attention |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer attention=Stimulus |
| 2 | **attend** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom attention «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Take her arm and lead her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t5:o2:1
# text = Take her arm and lead her
1	Take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	lead	lead	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | imperative | you *not said here* | her arm |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent arm=Theme |
| 2 | **lead** | infinitive | you *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn accompany-51.7 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Pat her guide dog first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t5:o3:1
# text = Pat her guide dog first
1	Pat	Pat	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	4	nmod:poss	_	_
3	guide	guide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	dog	dog	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	appos	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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

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Say who you are

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:227-older-people-and-disabilities:t5:o4:1
# text = Say who you are
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	1	ccomp	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
4	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	cop	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **is a** | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

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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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