--- title: dropped my pencil case under the bus as it's leaving — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics description: dropped my pencil case under the bus as it's leaving Test 16 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/t16/) [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/) / [Buses, trains and being seen](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/43-buses-trains-and-being-seen/) / t16 # Test 16 · Buses, trains and being seen dropped my pencil case under the bus as it's leaving **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** case · **What happens:** drop, leave · **To what, where:** pencil case, bus This is test 16 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/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t16:1 # text = dropped my pencil case under the bus as it's leaving 1 dropped drop VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 4 nmod:poss _ _ 3 pencil pencil NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 case case NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 under under ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 bus bus NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 8 as as SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 9 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 10 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 11 aux _ _ 11 leaving leave VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **drop** | past | | my pencil case | | the bus | | | vn put\_direction-9.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent case=Theme under bus=Destination | | 2 | **leave** | present · progressive | case | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | 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} Leave it and tell the driver or an adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t16:o1:1 # text = Leave it and tell the driver or an adult 1 Leave leave 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 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 driver driver NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 or or CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 8 an a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | | | | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | the driver or a adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient | ### Option 2 {#o2} Pick it up from behind the back wheel before it rolls ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t16:o2:1 # text = Pick it up from behind the back wheel before it rolls 1 Pick pick 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 up up ADP RP _ 1 compound:prt _ _ 4 from from ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 5 behind behind ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 back back NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 compound _ _ 8 wheel wheel NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 9 before before SCONJ IN _ 11 mark _ _ 10 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 11 nsubj _ _ 11 rolls roll 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 | **pick up** | imperative | you *not said here* | it | | the back wheel | | | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic | | 2 | **roll** | present | wheel | | | | | | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} Run to the front to get it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t16:o3:1 # text = Run to the front to get it 1 Run run VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 to to ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 front front NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ 7 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | to the front *result* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to front=Result | | 2 | **get** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | front | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus | ### Option 4 {#o4} Crawl under to grab it ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t16:o4:1 # text = Crawl under to grab it 1 Crawl crawl NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 2 under under ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 grab grab VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **grab** | to-infinitive | Crawl | it | | | | | vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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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