Test 14 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

my mate's bag strap got stuck in the bus door and it started going, wat now

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bag strap, strap · What happens: get, start, go · To what, where: wat

This is test 14 · ★ of lesson 269 «Crash forces, school buses and public buses» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strap	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 mate	case
4	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 strap	compound
5	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 got	nsubj
6	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	xcomp
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 door	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 door	compound
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stuck	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 started	cc
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 started	nsubj
14	started	start	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 got	conj
15	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	14 started	xcomp
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 wat	punct
17	wat	wat	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 going	obl
18	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 going	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	past	my mate's bag strap			stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	start	past	strap				vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
3	go	gerund	strap not said here	wat	now		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «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

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Wait and see if it comes loose by itself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 comes	mark
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 comes	nsubj
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
7	loose	loose	ADV	_	6 comes	advmod
8	by	by	ADP	_	9 itself	case
9	itself	itself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	6 comes	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	come a condition, not said to happen	present	it	by itself = it; loose property	vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by itself=Location

Option 2

Run alongside the bus holding the bag

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	alongside	alongside	ADP	_	4 bus	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 bus	det
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
5	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Run	advcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bag	det
7	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the bus			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme alongside bus=Trajectory
2	hold	gerund	you not said here	the bag					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent bag=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Shout to the driver to stop and get an adult at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Shout	shout	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	4 driver	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 driver	det
4	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Shout	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 stop	mark
6	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Shout	advcl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 get	cc
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 stop	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	8 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	shout speech: express	imperative	you not said here		the driver	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent to driver=Recipient
2	stop	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
3	get	infinitive	you not said here	a adult		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent adult=Theme at once=Asset

Option 4

Grab the strap and pull hard yourself

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grab	grab	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 strap	det
3	strap	strap	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Grab	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 pull	cc
5	pull	pull	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Grab	conj
6	hard	hard	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 pull	advmod
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	5 pull	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grab	imperative	you not said here	the strap					vn steal-10.5-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent strap=Theme
2	pull	present	you not said here	yourself				hard property	vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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