--- title: A girl in Toronto is running late, and the school bus is already pul… — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics description: A girl in Toronto is running late, and the school bus is already pulling away from her stop. What should she do? 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What should she do? **Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** girl, school bus · **What happens:** run, pull away, stop, do This is test 1 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/#t1). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A girl in Toronto is running late, and the school bus is already pulling away from her stop. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t1:1 # text = A girl in Toronto is running late, and the school bus is already pulling away from her stop. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 2 det _ _ 2 girl girl NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nsubj _ _ 3 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 4 Toronto Toronto PROPN NNP Number=Sing 2 nmod _ _ 5 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 6 aux _ _ 6 running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 7 late late ADV RB Degree=Pos 6 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 8 , , PUNCT , _ 15 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 15 cc _ _ 10 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 11 school school NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 compound _ _ 12 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 15 nsubj _ _ 13 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 15 aux _ _ 14 already already ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 15 pulling pull VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 6 conj _ _ 16 away away ADV RB _ 15 advmod _ _ 17 from from ADP IN _ 19 case _ _ 18 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 19 nmod:poss _ _ 19 stop stop NOUN NN Number=Sing 16 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 20 . . PUNCT . _ 6 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | present · progressive | a girl in Toronto | | | | | late *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **pull away** | present · progressive | the school bus | | | | | away *property* | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **stop** | | girl | | | | | | nom stop «event transitive»: poss=agent | 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. *Sentence 2:* What should she do? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t1:2 # text = What should she do? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 obj _ _ 2 should should AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 do do VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **do** | should | girl | | | | | | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Run in front of it to make it stop ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t1:o1:1 # text = Run in front of it to make it stop 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 4 of of ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 3 nmod _ _ 6 to to PART TO _ 7 mark _ _ 7 make make VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 obj _ _ 9 stop stop VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | front of front | | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in front=Trajectory | | 2 | **make** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | front | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **stop** | infinitive | front *not said here* | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Let it go and not chase it into the road ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t1:o2:1 # text = Let it go and not chase it into the road 1 Let let 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 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 6 cc _ _ 5 not not PART RB Polarity=Neg 6 advmod _ _ 6 chase chase VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ 8 into into ADP IN _ 10 case _ _ 9 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 10 det _ _ 10 road road NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **let** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **go** | infinitive | | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **not** **chase** | infinitive | you *not said here* | it | | the road | | | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme into road=Trajectory | ### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice {#o3} Grab the back of the bus ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t1:o3:1 # text = Grab the back of the bus 1 Grab grab VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 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 3 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | imperative | you *not said here* | the back of the bus | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent back=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Run after it and bang on the door until it stops ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t1:o4:1 # text = Run after it and bang on the door until it stops 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 after after ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obl _ _ 4 and and CCONJ CC _ 5 cc _ _ 5 bang bang VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 6 on on ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 7 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 8 door door NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ _ 9 until until SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 stops stop VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | after it | | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **bang** | present | you *not said here* | | | the door | | | vn sound\_emission-43.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on door=Location | | 3 | **stop** | present | door | | | | | | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | **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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