--- title: everyone's saying the boy who ran out behind the bus was "being an i… — Crash forces, school buses and public… · tree and pragmatics description: everyone's saying the boy who ran out behind the bus was "being an idiot, serves him right". pass it on? Test 19 · ★ 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](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/t19/) [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/) / t19 # Test 19 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses everyone's saying the boy who ran out behind the bus was "being an idiot, serves him right". pass it on? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** everyone, boy · **What happens:** say, run out, be, serve, pass on · **To what, where:** boy, bus, idiot · **Speech:** someone speaks here This is test 19 · ★ 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/#t19). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t19:1 # text = everyone's saying the boy who ran out behind the bus was "being an idiot, serves him right". pass it on? 1 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 3 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 2 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 aux _ _ 3 saying say VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 boy boy NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 obj _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 ran run VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 5 acl:relcl _ _ 8 out out ADP RP _ 7 compound:prt _ _ 9 behind behind ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 obl _ _ 12 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 13 " " PUNCT `` _ 16 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 14 being be AUX VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 16 cop _ _ 15 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 16 det _ _ 16 idiot idiot NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 17 , , PUNCT , _ 18 punct _ _ 18 serves serve VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 ccomp _ _ 19 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 18 obj _ _ 20 right right ADV RB _ 18 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 21 " " PUNCT '' _ 18 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 22 . . PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ 23 pass pass VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 3 ccomp _ _ 24 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 23 obj _ _ 25 on on ADP RP _ 23 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 26 ? ? PUNCT . _ 3 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone | the boy | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **run out** | past | the boy | | | the bus | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind bus=Trajectory | | 3 | **is a** *in a quote* | past · progressive | | a idiot | | | | | tree rules | | 4 | **serve** *in a quote* | present | | boy | | | | right *property* | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Attribute | | 5 | **pass on** | infinitive | | idiot | | | | | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | 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} Yes, but only to the kids in his class, and to his friends and their brothers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t19:o1:1 # text = Yes, but only to the kids in his class, and to his friends and their brothers 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 but but CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 4 only only ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ 5 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 0 root _ _ 8 in in ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 10 nmod:poss _ _ 10 class class NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 11 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 12 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 13 to to ADP IN _ 15 case _ _ 14 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 15 nmod:poss _ _ 15 friends friend NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 conj _ _ 16 and and CCONJ CC _ 18 cc _ _ 17 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 18 nmod:poss _ _ 18 brothers brother NOUN NNS Number=Plur 15 conj _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Yes, so everyone knows he was silly ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t19:o2:1 # text = Yes, so everyone knows he was silly 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 so so ADV RB _ 5 advmod _ _ 4 everyone everyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Tot 5 nsubj _ _ 5 knows know VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ _ 7 was be AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 8 silly silly ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 ccomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **know** | present | everyone | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **is** | past | he | | | | | silly *property* | tree rules | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} No, don't spread it; just learn to wait till the bus has gone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t19:o3:1 # text = No, don't spread it; just learn to wait till the bus has gone 1 No no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 5 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 1 punct _ _ 3 do do AUX VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 spread spread VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 7 ; ; PUNCT : _ 9 punct _ _ 8 just just ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 learn learn VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 10 to to PART TO _ 11 mark _ _ 11 wait wait VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 xcomp _ _ 12 till till SCONJ IN _ 16 mark _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 nsubj _ _ 15 has have AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 16 aux _ _ 16 gone go VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part 11 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **spread** | imperative · do-support | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme | | 2 | **learn** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 3 | **wait** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 4 | **go** | present · perfect | the bus | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Yes, and add what you heard about him ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t19:o4:1 # text = Yes, and add what you heard about him 1 Yes yes INTJ UH Polarity=Pos 4 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 4 punct _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 add add VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 what what PRON WP PronType=Int 7 obj _ _ 6 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 heard hear VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 4 ccomp _ _ 8 about about ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **add** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **hear** | past | you | | | | | about him *= he* | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | **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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