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# Exam question 1 · Buses, trains and being seen

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Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger zone surrounding a school bus?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** danger zone · **What happens:** follow, characteris, surround · **To what, where:** danger zone, school bus

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This is exam question 1 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/#e1).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e1:1
# text = Which of the following statements most accurately characterises the danger zone surrounding a school bus?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
2	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	5	amod	_	_
5	statements	statement	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	obl	_	_
6	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	7	advmod	_	_
7	accurately	accurately	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	characterises	characteris	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	danger	danger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	zone	zone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
12	surrounding	surround	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	11	acl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
14	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	15	compound	_	_
15	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **follow** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **characteris** | present |  | the danger zone |  |  |  | of the following statements; accurately *property* | tree rules |
| 3 | **surround** | gerund | the danger zone *not said here* | a school bus |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme bus=Co-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.

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The bus stop at which the bus waits whilst the children board and alight in turn

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e1:o1:1
# text = The bus stop at which the bus waits whilst the children board and alight in turn
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	8	obl	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	waits	wait	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
9	whilst	whilst	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	children	child	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	compound	_	_
12	board	board	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	xcomp	_	_
13	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
14	alight	alight	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	conj	_	_
15	in	in	ADP	IN	_	16	case	_	_
16	turn	turn	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | present | the bus | the children board |  | the bus stop |  | in turn | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at which=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The area within the bus reserved for teachers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e1:o2:1
# text = The area within the bus reserved for teachers
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	within	within	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	reserved	reserve	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	teachers	teacher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **reserve** | past | the area within the bus |  |  |  |  | for teachers | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for teacher=Beneficiary |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The road ahead of the bus where it may not stop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e1:o3:1
# text = The road ahead of the bus where it may not stop
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	road	road	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	of	of	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
7	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	11	advmod	_	_
8	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
9	may	may	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
10	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	11	advmod	_	_
11	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **stop** | may | bus |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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The area about the bus within which the driver cannot see a child well

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:e1:o4:1
# text = The area about the bus within which the driver cannot see a child well
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	area	area	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	about	about	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
6	within	within	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	12	obl	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	nsubj	_	_
10	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	12	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	12	advmod	_	_
12	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	well	well	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	12	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **not** **see** | can | the driver | a child |  |  |  | within the area about the bus; well *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer child=Stimulus |

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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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