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title: bus driver takes forever, ur mate shouts «get a move on, grandad!».… — Rude words at the table · tree and pragmatics
description: bus driver takes forever, ur mate shouts «get a move on, grandad!». You laugh. Best move next day? Test 5 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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 wrong.
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# Test 5 · Rude words at the table

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bus driver takes forever, ur mate shouts «get a move on, grandad!». You laugh. Best move next day?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** bus driver, mate, You · **What happens:** take, shout, get, laugh · **To what, where:** move · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 5 of lesson 354 «Rude words at the table» 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/354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you/#t5).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* bus driver takes forever, ur mate shouts «get a move on, grandad!».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:t5:1
# text = bus driver takes forever, ur mate shouts «get a move on, grandad!».
1	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	compound	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	takes	take	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	forever	forever	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
6	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	shouts	shout	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	ccomp	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
13	on	on	ADV	RB	_	10	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	15	punct	_	_
15	grandad	grandad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	10	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
18	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | present | bus driver |  |  |  |  | forever *property* | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **shout** *speech: express* | present | ur's mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **get** *in a quote* | infinitive |  | a move |  |  |  | grandad *obl* | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer move=Stimulus |

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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:* You laugh.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:t5:2
# text = You laugh.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	laugh	laugh	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | present | You |  |  |  |  |  | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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*Sentence 3:* Best move next day?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:t5:3
# text = Best move next day?
1	Best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	2	amod	_	_
2	move	move	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	next	next	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	day	day	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod:unmarked	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Pretend it wasn't you at all

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:t5:o1:1
# text = Pretend it wasn't you at all
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	n't	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	5	advmod	_	_
5	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	1	ccomp	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	all	all	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pretend** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | all |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **not** **is a** | past | it | you |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Tell the driver he is slow

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:t5:o2:1
# text = Tell the driver he is slow
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	iobj	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	nsubj	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	slow	slow	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the driver |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient |
| 2 | **is** | present | driver |  |  |  |  | slow *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Shout it again, even louder

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:t5:o3:1
# text = Shout it again, even louder
1	Shout	shout	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obj	_	_
3	again	again	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	even	even	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
6	louder	loud	ADJ	JJR	Degree=Cmp	1	parataxis	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **shout** *speech: express* | imperative | you *not said here* | it |  |  | again |  | vn manner\_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Say sorry to the driver

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:354-rude-words-eye-rolls-and-i-hate-you:t5:o4:1
# text = Say sorry to the driver
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	sorry	sorry	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	1	xcomp	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: apologize* | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | sorry *property* | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |

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**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. Elamur Cosmic License.

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