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title: my cousin says a girl got dragged half a mile cos her scarf caught i… — Crash forces, school buses and public… · tree and pragmatics
description: my cousin says a girl got dragged half a mile cos her scarf caught in the bus door, she swears it's true. what's likely Test 18 · ★ 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
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# Test 18 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

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my cousin says a girl got dragged half a mile cos her scarf caught in the bus door, she swears it's true. what's likely

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cousin, mile · **What happens:** say, drag, catch, swear, be · **To what, where:** girl, scarf, bus door · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t18:1
# text = my cousin says a girl got dragged half a mile cos her scarf caught in the bus door, she swears it's true. what's likely
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj:pass	_	_
6	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux:pass	_	_
7	dragged	drag	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	half	half	DET	PDT	NumForm=Word|NumType=Frac|PronType=Ind	10	det:predet	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	mile	mile	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
11	cos	cos	SCONJ	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	13	nmod:poss	_	_
13	scarf	scarf	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
14	caught	catch	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	13	acl	_	_
15	in	in	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	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	21	punct	_	_
20	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	nsubj	_	_
21	swears	swear	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	24	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
23	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	24	cop	_	_
24	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
25	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	21	punct	_	_
26	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	28	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
27	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	28	cop	_	_
28	likely	likely	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	21	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **drag** | past · passive |  | a girl |  |  |  | cos girl's scarf | tree rules |
| 3 | **catch** | participle |  | girl's scarf *not said here* |  | the bus door |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 4 | **swear** | present | cousin |  |  |  |  |  | vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 5 | **is** | present | mile |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 6 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | likely *property* | 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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Every word of it must be exactly true

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t18:o1:1
# text = Every word of it must be exactly true
1	Every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	2	det	_	_
2	word	word	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nmod	_	_
5	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	cop	_	_
7	exactly	exactly	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | must | every word of it |  |  |  |  | exactly, true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **word** |  |  | it |  |  |  |  | nom word «communication transitive»: of=patient |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

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Scarves can never catch in bus doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t18:o2:1
# text = Scarves can never catch in bus doors
1	Scarves	scarf	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	catch	catch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **catch** | can | Scarves |  |  | bus doors |  |  | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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

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The door catch is a real danger but the distance is probably blown up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t18:o3:1
# text = The door catch is a real danger but the distance is probably blown up
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	catch	catch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
4	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
8	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	distance	distance	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
12	probably	probably	ADV	RB	_	13	advmod	_	_
13	blown	blow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	7	conj	_	_
14	up	up	ADP	RP	_	13	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the door catch | a real danger |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **blow up** | present · passive |  | the distance |  |  |  | probably *property* | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Bus doors cannot close on anything at all, they have sensors that always stop them

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t18:o4:1
# text = Bus doors cannot close on anything at all, they have sensors that always stop them
1	Bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
3	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	5	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	close	close	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
6	on	on	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	anything	anything	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	5	obl	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	nsubj	_	_
12	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	conj	_	_
13	sensors	sensor	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	obj	_	_
14	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
15	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	16	advmod	_	_
16	stop	stop	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	acl:relcl	_	_
17	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	16	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **close** | can | Bus doors |  |  | anything |  | at all | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |
| 2 | **have** | present | doors *= door* | sensors |  |  |  |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sensor=Patient |
| 3 | **stop** | present | sensors | sensors *= sensor* |  |  |  | always *property* | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality they=Eventuality |

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