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title: Which is the safest way to get off a school bus and cross the street? — Buses, trains and being seen · tree and pragmatics
description: Which is the safest way to get off a school bus and cross the street? Test 7 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.
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# Test 7 · Buses, trains and being seen

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Which is the safest way to get off a school bus and cross the street?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** be, get off, cross · **To what, where:** safest way, school bus, street

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t7:1
# text = Which is the safest way to get off a school bus and cross the street?
1	Which	which	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	safest	safe	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	5	amod	_	_
5	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
6	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
7	get	get	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
8	off	off	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obj	_	_
12	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	13	cc	_	_
13	cross	cross	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	conj	_	_
14	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	street	street	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present |  | the safest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **get off** | to-infinitive |  | a school bus |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus |
| 3 | **cross** | infinitive |  | the street |  |  |  |  | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Patient |

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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}

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Run straight out from the back of the bus

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t7:o1:1
# text = Run straight out from the back of the bus
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	straight	straight	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	from	from	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	back	back	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	of	of	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the back of the bus |  | out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from back=Trajectory |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Walk ahead of the bus, look at the driver, wait for a signal, then look both ways

<!-- fold The tree, 17 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t7:o2:1
# text = Walk ahead of the bus, look at the driver, wait for a signal, then look both ways
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	ahead	ahead	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	of	of	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	at	at	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
12	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	15	det	_	_
15	signal	signal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
17	then	then	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	advmod	_	_
18	look	look	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
19	both	both	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	20	det	_	_
20	ways	way	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	18	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | of the bus; ahead *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of bus=Trajectory |
| 2 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at the driver | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at driver=Theme |
| 3 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | for a signal | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 4 | **look** | infinitive | you *not said here* | both ways |  |  | then |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Cross right next to the front bumper, close enough to touch it, so the driver knows you are there

<!-- fold The tree, 19 words -->
```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t7:o3:1
# text = Cross right next to the front bumper, close enough to touch it, so the driver knows you are there
1	Cross	cross	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
3	next	next	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	front	front	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
7	bumper	bumper	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	close	close	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	amod	_	_
10	enough	enough	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	touch	touch	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	9	advcl	_	_
13	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	12	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	18	punct	_	_
15	so	so	ADV	RB	_	18	advmod	_	_
16	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	17	det	_	_
17	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	18	nsubj	_	_
18	knows	know	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
19	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	18	obj	_	_
20	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	21	cop	_	_
21	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	18	ccomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **cross** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the front bumper |  | next *property* | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to bumper=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **touch** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | bumper |  |  |  |  | vn contiguous\_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme |
| 3 | **know** | present | the driver | you |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus |
| 4 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | there *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Walk under the stop arm while it is moving

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:43-buses-trains-and-being-seen:t7:o4:1
# text = Walk under the stop arm while it is moving
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	under	under	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	stop	stop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	arm	arm	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	while	while	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux	_	_
9	moving	move	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the stop arm |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under arm=Trajectory |
| 2 | **move** | present · progressive | arm |  |  |  |  |  | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |

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