--- title: Why do people have their bus fare ready before getting on? — Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai… · tree and pragmatics description: Why do people have their bus fare ready before getting on? Test 8 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/t8/) [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/) / [Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, ai…](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/) / t8 # Test 8 · ★ · Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes Why do people have their bus fare ready before getting on? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** people · **What happens:** have, get on · **To what, where:** bus fare This is test 8 · ★ of lesson 310 «Pavements, crossings, cars, trains, airports and bikes» 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/310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes/#t8). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t8:1 # text = Why do people have their bus fare ready before getting on? 1 Why why ADV WRB PronType=Int 4 advmod _ _ 2 do do AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 4 have have VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 their their PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Plur|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 7 nmod:poss _ _ 6 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 compound _ _ 7 fare fare NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 ready ready ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 4 xcomp _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 10 mark _ _ 10 getting get VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 8 advcl _ _ 11 on on ADP RP _ 10 compound:prt _ SpaceAfter=No 12 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **have** | present · do-support | people | people's bus fare | | | | ready *property* | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fare=Patient | | 2 | **get on** | gerund | people *not said here* | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It keeps the line moving ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t8:o1:1 # text = It keeps the line moving 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 keeps keep VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 line line NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 moving move VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 2 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **keep** | present | It | the line | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **move** | gerund | the line *not said here* | | | | | | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} Drivers will not let you on otherwise for an hour ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t8:o2:1 # text = Drivers will not let you on otherwise for an hour 1 Drivers driver NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nsubj _ _ 2 will will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 4 advmod _ _ 4 let let VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ 6 on on ADP RP _ 4 compound:prt _ _ 7 otherwise otherwise ADV RB _ 4 xcomp _ _ 8 for for ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 hour hour NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **not** **let on** | future | Drivers | you | | | hour | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It makes the bus go faster than the cars ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t8:o3:1 # text = It makes the bus go faster than the cars 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 makes make VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 faster fast ADV RBR Degree=Cmp 5 advmod _ _ 7 than than ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 cars car NOUN NNS Number=Plur 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **make** | present | It | the bus | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | the bus *not said here* | | | | | fast *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Buses only stop for people holding money ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:310-pavements-crossings-cars-planes-and-bikes:t8:o4:1 # text = Buses only stop for people holding money 1 Buses bus NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 nsubj _ _ 2 only only ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 3 stop stop VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 4 for for ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 people people NOUN NNS Number=Plur 3 obl _ _ 6 holding hold VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 5 acl _ _ 7 money money NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **stop** | present | Buses | | | | | for people | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | | 2 | **hold** | gerund | people *not said here* | money | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme | **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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