Test 17 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses
did u hear?? a kid at our stop bent down for his phone by the bus wheel and the driver never saw him, he's in hospital now. what's the lesson
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, driver, kid, our · What happens: hear, bend down, not see, be, stop · To what, where: kid, stop, hospital, lesson
This is test 17 · ★ 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 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | aux |
| 2 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 hear | nsubj |
| 3 | hear | hear | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 6 kid | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obj |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 9 stop | case |
| 8 | our | our | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 stop | nmod:poss |
| 9 | stop | stop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 kid | nmod |
| 10 | bent | bend | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 6 kid | acl |
| 11 | down | down | ADP | _ | 10 bent | compound:prt |
| 12 | for | for | ADP | _ | 14 phone | case |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 phone | nmod:poss |
| 14 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bent | obl |
| 15 | by | by | ADP | _ | 18 wheel | case |
| 16 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 wheel | det |
| 17 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wheel | compound |
| 18 | wheel | wheel | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 bent | obl |
| 19 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 21 driver | cc |
| 20 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 21 driver | det |
| 21 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 wheel | conj |
| 22 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 23 saw | advmod |
| 23 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 21 driver | acl:relcl |
| 24 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 23 saw | obj |
| 25 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 29 hospital | punct |
| 26 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 29 hospital | nsubj |
| 27 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 hospital | cop |
| 28 | in | in | ADP | _ | 29 hospital | case |
| 29 | hospital | hospital | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obl |
| 30 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 29 hospital | advmod |
| 31 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 32 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 35 lesson | nsubj |
| 33 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 35 lesson | cop |
| 34 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 35 lesson | det |
| 35 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | a kid | our stop | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer kid=Stimulus | |||
| 2 | bend down | participle | a kid not said here | for kid's phone; by the bus wheel and the driver | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent by wheel=Location | ||||
| 3 | not see | past | the driver not said here | kid | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus | ||||
| 4 | is | present | kid | hospital | now | tree rules | |||
| 5 | is a | present | the lesson | tree rules | |||||
| 6 | stop | our | nom stop «event transitive»: poss=agent |
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
Phones should never come to school in the first place
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 come | nsubj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 come | aux |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 come | advmod |
| 4 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 school | case |
| 6 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 place | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 place | det |
| 9 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 10 place | amod |
| 10 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 come | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not come | should | Phones | the first place | to school | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to school=Initial_Location |
Option 2
Buses are dangerous so never ride them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Buses | bus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 6 ride | advmod |
| 5 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 6 ride | advmod |
| 6 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 dangerous | parataxis |
| 7 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 ride | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Buses | dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not ride | infinitive | Buses = bus | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never bend down near a bus; tell the driver first
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 bend | advmod |
| 2 | bend | bend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | down | down | ADP | _ | 2 bend | compound:prt |
| 4 | near | near | ADP | _ | 6 bus | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 bus | det |
| 6 | bus | bus | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 bend | obl |
| 7 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 tell | punct |
| 8 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 bend | conj |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 driver | det |
| 10 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 tell | iobj |
| 11 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 8 tell | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not bend down | imperative | you not said here | a bus | vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent near bus=Location | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | the driver | first property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent driver=Recipient |
Option 4
Only little kids get hurt near buses
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 3 kids | advmod |
| 2 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 kids | amod |
| 3 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hurt | aux:pass |
| 5 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | near | near | ADP | _ | 7 buses | case |
| 7 | buses | bus | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 hurt | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hurt | present · passive | little kids | buses | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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