Test 9 · ★ · Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things

bus is packed, old man with a stick just got on and i'm sitting. what do i do

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: old man, i · What happens: pack, get on, sit, do · To what, where: bus

This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 225 «Good manners on buses and trains, and borrowing things» 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.

The question

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 packed	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 packed	aux:pass
3	packed	pack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 man	punct
5	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 man	amod
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 got	nsubj
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 stick	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 stick	det
9	stick	stick	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nmod
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
11	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 packed	parataxis
12	on	on	ADV	_	11 got	advmod
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 sitting	cc
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	16 sitting	nsubj
15	'm	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 sitting	aux
16	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	11 got	conj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 packed	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	21 do	obj
19	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 do	aux
20	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	21 do	nsubj
21	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 packed	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	pack	present · passive		bus	tree rules
2	get on	past	old man with a stick		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
3	sit	present · progressive	i		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	do	present · do-support	i		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

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

Option 1

Stay sitting, you got there first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	sitting	sit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stay	xcomp
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 got	punct
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 got	nsubj
5	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	5 got	advmod
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	5 got	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	sit	gerund	you not said here			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get	past	you	there	first property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Pretend you didn't see him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Pretend	pretend	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 see	nsubj
3	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 see	advmod
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Pretend	ccomp
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	pretend	imperative	you not said here						tree rules
2	not see	past · do-support	you	him = he					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

Option 3

Put your bag on the seat beside you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bag	nmod:poss
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 seat	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 seat	det
6	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Put	obl
7	beside	beside	ADP	_	8 you	case
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here	your bag		the seat		beside you	vn put-9.1-2 «NP V PP.destination NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme on seat=Destination

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Offer him your seat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Offer	offer	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Offer	obj
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 seat	nmod:poss
4	seat	seat	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Offer	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	imperative	you not said here	your seat	him = he				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent he=Goal seat=Theme

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