--- title: upstairs on the double decker, can we stand at the front and surf — Crash forces, school buses and public… · tree and pragmatics description: upstairs on the double decker, can we stand at the front and surf Test 13 · ★ 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 right. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/t13/) [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/) / [Crash forces, school buses and public…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/269-school-buses-and-public-buses/) / t13 # Test 13 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses upstairs on the double decker, can we stand at the front and surf **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** stand · **To what, where:** double decker, front This is test 13 · ★ 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/#t13). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t13:1 # text = upstairs on the double decker, can we stand at the front and surf 1 upstairs upstairs ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 2 on on ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 4 double double ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 amod _ _ 5 decker decker NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 9 punct _ _ 7 can can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 9 aux _ _ 8 we we PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs 9 nsubj _ _ 9 stand stand VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 acl:relcl _ _ 10 at at ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obl _ _ 13 and and CCONJ CC _ 14 cc _ _ 14 surf surf NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stand** | can | we | the double decker *not said here* | | the front and surf | | | vn put\_spatial-9.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent decker=Theme at front=Destination | 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} No, stay seated, and hold the rail on the stairs ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t13:o1:1 # text = No, stay seated, and hold the rail on the stairs 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 3 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 stay stay VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 seated seat VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 xcomp _ SpaceAfter=No 5 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 hold hold VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 3 conj _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 rail rail NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obj _ _ 10 on on ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 stairs stair NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **seat** | participle | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn fit-54.3 «NP.location V NP»: agent=Location | | 3 | **hold** | infinitive | you *not said here* | the rail | | the stairs | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent rail=Theme on stair=Location | ### Option 2 {#o2} Only when it goes fast ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t13:o2:1 # text = Only when it goes fast 1 Only only ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 2 when when SCONJ WRB _ 4 mark _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 goes go VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 fast fast ADV RB Degree=Pos 4 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | present | it | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Yes, if you hold the window frame with both hands ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t13:o3:1 # text = Yes, if you hold the window frame with both hands 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 4 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 hold hold VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 window window NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 frame frame NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 9 with with ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 both both DET DT PronType=Tot 11 det _ _ 11 hands hand NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hold** | present | you | the window frame | | | | with both hands | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent frame=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, it's like a ride ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t13:o4:1 # text = Yes, it's like a ride 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 4 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 5 like like ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 ride ride NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is** | present | it | | | | | like a ride | tree rules | **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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