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title: Someone opens a strong-smelling lunch on a crowded bus. Why is that… — Crash forces, school buses and public… · tree and pragmatics
description: Someone opens a strong-smelling lunch on a crowded bus. Why is that unkind? Test 9 · ★ 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.
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# Test 9 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Someone opens a strong-smelling lunch on a crowded bus. Why is that unkind?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Someone, that · **What happens:** open, smell, be · **To what, where:** smelling lunch, crowded bus

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This is test 9 · ★ 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/#t9).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Someone opens a strong-smelling lunch on a crowded bus.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t9:1
# text = Someone opens a strong-smelling lunch on a crowded bus.
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	opens	open	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
4	strong	strong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	4	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	smelling	smell	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	7	amod	_	_
7	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	crowded	crowded	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **open** | present | Someone | a smelling lunch |  | a crowded bus |  |  | vn spatial\_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V NP.theme PP»: agent=Agent lunch=Theme on bus=Location |
| 2 | **smell** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn smell\_emission-43.3 «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.

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*Sentence 2:* Why is that unkind?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t9:2
# text = Why is that unkind?
1	Why	why	ADV	WRB	PronType=Int	4	advmod	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	4	nsubj	_	_
4	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Food is not allowed in any vehicle anywhere

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t9:o1:1
# text = Food is not allowed in any vehicle anywhere
1	Food	food	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj:pass	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux:pass	_	_
3	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	4	advmod	_	_
4	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	7	det	_	_
7	vehicle	vehicle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **allow** | present · passive |  | Food |  | any vehicle |  | anywhere *property* | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Everyone shares the small space and the smell

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t9:o2:1
# text = Everyone shares the small space and the smell
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	2	nsubj	_	_
2	shares	share	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	small	small	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	space	space	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	smell	smell	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **share** | present | Everyone | the small space and the smell |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The driver must eat first, before any of the passengers are allowed to eat

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t9:o3:1
# text = The driver must eat first, before any of the passengers are allowed to eat
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	nsubj	_	_
3	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
4	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	4	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	13	punct	_	_
7	before	before	SCONJ	IN	_	13	mark	_	_
8	any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	13	nsubj:pass	_	_
9	of	of	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	passengers	passenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nmod	_	_
12	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	13	aux:pass	_	_
13	allowed	allow	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	conj	_	_
14	to	to	PART	TO	_	15	mark	_	_
15	eat	eat	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	13	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **eat** | must | the driver |  |  |  |  | first *property* | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **allow** | present · passive |  | any |  |  |  |  | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality |
| 3 | **eat** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | any *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn eat-39.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Buses have their own lunch time

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:269-school-buses-and-public-buses:t9:o4:1
# text = Buses have their own lunch time
1	Buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	2	nsubj	_	_
2	have	have	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	their	their	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
4	own	own	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **have** | present | Buses |  |  |  | time |  | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

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