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title: Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!" The bus goes. Whose job… — Being on time around the world, waitin… · tree and pragmatics
description: Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!" The bus goes. Whose job was it to be there on time? Test 7 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» of the world course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each op
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# Test 7 · Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and dead…

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Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!" The bus goes. Whose job was it to be there on time?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Amir, bus, job · **What happens:** run, wait, go, be · **To what, where:** bus

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This is test 7 of lesson 129 «Being on time around the world, waiting your turn and deadlines» of the world 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/world/129-being-on-time-around-the-world/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!"

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t7:1
# text = Amir, running at the bus: "Wait, ya muppet!"
1	Amir	Amir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	9	punct	_	_
8	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
11	ya	ya	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
12	muppet	muppet	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	!	!	PUNCT	.	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
14	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund | Amir |  |  | the bus |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at bus=Trajectory |
| 2 | **wait** *in a quote* | infinitive | Amir *not said here* |  |  |  |  | ya muppet | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=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.

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*Sentence 2:* The bus goes.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t7:2
# text = The bus goes.
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	goes	go	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | present | the bus |  |  |  |  |  | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* Whose job was it to be there on time?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t7:3
# text = Whose job was it to be there on time?
1	Whose	whose	PRON	WP$	Poss=Yes|PronType=Rel	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	job	job	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
3	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	be	be	AUX	VB	VerbForm=Inf	7	cop	_	_
7	there	there	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	0	root	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
9	time	time	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
10	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	7	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | past | job |  |  |  | time | there *property* | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Nobody's: buses come whenever they like

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t7:o1:1
# text = Nobody's: buses come whenever they like
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	4	punct	_	_
4	buses	bus	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj	_	_
5	come	come	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	whenever	whenever	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	like	like	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **come** | present | Nobody's buses |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **like** | present | buses *= bus* |  |  |  |  | whenever *property* | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Pivot |

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

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Amir's: the bus keeps a timetable for everyone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t7:o2:1
# text = Amir's: the bus keeps a timetable for everyone
1	Amir	Amir	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	's	PART	POS	_	1	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	6	punct	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	bus	bus	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
6	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	timetable	timetable	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
10	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | present | the bus | a timetable |  |  |  | for everyone | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent timetable=Theme |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The other passengers': they should hold the door

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t7:o3:1
# text = The other passengers': they should hold the door
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	passengers	passenger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	'	's	PART	POS	_	3	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
7	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	8	aux	_	_
8	hold	hold	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
9	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	door	door	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hold** | should | passengers *= passenger* | the door |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
The driver's: he must wait for every shout

```conllu
# sent_id = question:world:129-being-on-time-around-the-world:t7:o4:1
# text = The driver's: he must wait for every shout
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	's	's	PART	POS	_	2	case	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	:	:	PUNCT	:	_	7	punct	_	_
5	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
6	must	must	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	acl:relcl	_	_
8	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
9	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	10	det	_	_
10	shout	shout	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | must | driver | the driver *not said here* |  |  |  | for every shout | tree rules |

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