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title: we got off the bus, wanna cross in front of it — Crash forces, school buses and public… · tree and pragmatics
description: we got off the bus, wanna cross in front of it Test 11 · ★ of lesson 269 «Crash forces, school buses and public buses» 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 11 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

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we got off the bus, wanna cross in front of it

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** get off · **To what, where:** bus

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This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 269 «Crash forces, school buses and public buses» 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/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t11:1
# text = we got off the bus, wanna cross in front of it
1	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	off	off	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
7	wanna	wanna	X	FW	Foreign=Yes	8	compound	_	_
8	cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	conj	_	_
9	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get off** | past | we | the bus |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Wait till the bus has gone and you can see the road

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t11:o1:1
# text = Wait till the bus has gone and you can see the road
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	gone	go	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	10	aux	_	_
10	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go** | present · perfect | the bus |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **see** | can | you | the road |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer road=Stimulus |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cross in front right away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t11:o2:1
# text = Cross in front right away
1	Cross	cross	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	front	front	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	right	right	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
5	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cross while it's moving off, the driver will wait for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t11:o3:1
# text = Cross while it's moving off, the driver will wait for you
1	Cross	Cross	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	vocative	_	_
2	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	_
5	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	acl	_	_
6	off	off	ADP	RP	_	5	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	nsubj	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
13	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **move off** | present · progressive | it | Cross *not said here* |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V ADJ.result»: agent=Theme cross=Result |
| 2 | **wait** | future | the driver |  |  |  |  | for you; Cross *vocative* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run behind the bus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t11:o4:1
# text = Run behind the bus
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the bus |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind bus=Trajectory |

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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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