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title: my mate's bag strap got stuck in the bus door and it started going,… — Crash forces, school buses and public… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate's bag strap got stuck in the bus door and it started going, wat now Test 14 · ★ 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 14 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

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my mate's bag strap got stuck in the bus door and it started going, wat now

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bag strap, strap · **What happens:** get, start, go · **To what, where:** wat

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This is test 14 · ★ 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/#t14).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t14:1
# text = my mate's bag strap got stuck in the bus door and it started going, wat now
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	_
4	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	got	get	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	xcomp	_	_
8	in	in	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
14	started	start	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	6	conj	_	_
15	going	go	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	14	xcomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	17	punct	_	_
17	wat	wat	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	obl	_	_
18	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	15	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get** | past | my mate's bag strap |  |  |  |  | stuck *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer |
| 2 | **start** | past | strap |  |  |  |  |  | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **go** | gerund | strap *not said here* | wat |  |  | now |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Wait and see if it comes loose by itself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t14:o1:1
# text = Wait and see if it comes loose by itself
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
4	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
6	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	ccomp	_	_
7	loose	loose	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
8	by	by	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	itself	itself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	6	obl	_	_
```

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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 | **see** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | it |  |  |  |  | by itself *= it*; loose *property* | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Run alongside the bus holding the bag

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t14:o2:1
# text = Run alongside the bus holding the bag
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	alongside	alongside	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	holding	hold	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bag	bag	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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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 alongside bus=Trajectory |
| 2 | **hold** | gerund | you *not said here* | the bag |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout to the driver to stop and get an adult at once

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t14:o3:1
# text = Shout to the driver to stop and get an adult at once
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
8	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	conj	_	_
9	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
11	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	once	once	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Mult	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the driver |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to driver=Recipient |
| 2 | **stop** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 3 | **get** | infinitive | you *not said here* | a adult |  |  |  |  | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent adult=Theme at once=Asset |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Grab the strap and pull hard yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t14:o4:1
# text = Grab the strap and pull hard yourself
1	Grab	grab	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	strap	strap	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	pull	pull	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	hard	hard	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	5	advmod	_	_
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the strap |  |  |  |  | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strap=Theme |
| 2 | **pull** | present | you *not said here* | yourself |  |  |  | hard *property* | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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