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# Test 17 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
did u hear?? a kid at our stop bent down for his phone by the bus wheel and the driver never saw him, he's in hospital now. what's the lesson

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, driver, kid, our · **What happens:** hear, bend down, not see, be, stop · **To what, where:** kid, stop, hospital, lesson

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This is test 17 · ★ 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t17:1
# text = did u hear?? a kid at our stop bent down for his phone by the bus wheel and the driver never saw him, he's in hospital now. what's the lesson
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	??	??	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	kid	kid	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obj	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	our	our	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
10	bent	bend	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	acl	_	_
11	down	down	ADP	RP	_	10	compound:prt	_	_
12	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
15	by	by	ADP	IN	_	18	case	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
17	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	compound	_	_
18	wheel	wheel	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	_
19	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	21	cc	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	21	det	_	_
21	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	conj	_	_
22	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	23	advmod	_	_
23	saw	see	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	21	acl:relcl	_	_
24	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	29	punct	_	_
26	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	29	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	29	cop	_	_
28	in	in	ADP	IN	_	29	case	_	_
29	hospital	hospital	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
30	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	29	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
32	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	35	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
33	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	35	cop	_	_
34	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	35	det	_	_
35	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u | a kid |  | our stop |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus |
| 2 | **bend down** | participle |  | a kid *not said here* |  |  |  | for kid's phone; by the bus wheel and the driver | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wheel=Location |
| 3 | **not** **see** | past | the driver *not said here* | kid |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | present | kid |  |  | hospital | now |  | tree rules |
| 5 | **is a** | present |  | the lesson |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 6 | **stop** |  | our |  |  |  |  |  | nom stop «event transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Phones should never come to school in the first place

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t17:o1:1
# text = Phones should never come to school in the first place
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	10	amod	_	_
10	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **come** | should | Phones |  |  | the first place |  | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial\_Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buses are dangerous so never ride them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t17:o2:1
# text = Buses are dangerous so never ride them
1	Buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	so	so	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
5	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	6	advmod	_	_
6	ride	ride	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Buses |  |  |  |  | dangerous *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **ride** | infinitive |  | Buses *= bus* |  |  |  |  | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Never bend down near a bus; tell the driver first

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t17:o3:1
# text = Never bend down near a bus; tell the driver first
1	Never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	2	advmod	_	_
2	bend	bend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	down	down	ADP	RP	_	2	compound:prt	_	_
4	near	near	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
8	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	2	conj	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	iobj	_	_
11	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	8	advmod	_	_
```

<!-- .fr -->
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **bend down** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a bus |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near bus=Location |
| 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | the driver |  |  | first *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only little kids get hurt near buses

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t17:o4:1
# text = Only little kids get hurt near buses
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	near	near	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hurt** | present · passive |  | little kids |  | buses |  |  | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |

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