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Test 8 · ★ · Crash forces, school buses and public buses

A boy stands on the top deck to look out of the front window as the bus turns. What could happen?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, bus · What happens: stand, look out, turn, happen · To what, where: top deck, front window

This is test 8 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy stands on the top deck to look out of the front window as the bus turns.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stands	nsubj
3	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	on	on	ADP	_	7 deck	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 deck	det
6	top	top	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 deck	amod
7	deck	deck	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 stands	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 look	mark
9	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 stands	advcl
10	out	out	ADP	_	14 window	case
11	of	of	ADP	_	14 window	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 window	det
13	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 window	amod
14	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 look	obl
15	as	as	SCONJ	_	18 turns	mark
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 bus	det
17	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 turns	nsubj
18	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 look	advcl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 stands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand	present	a boy			the top deck			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on deck=Location
2	look out	to-infinitive	a boy not said here	the front window					tree rules
3	turn	present	the bus						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme 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.

Sentence 2: What could happen?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 happen	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 happen	aux
3	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 happen	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	could							vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

The options

Option 1

Nothing, because buses move smoothly round every corner

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 move	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 move	mark
4	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 move	nsubj
5	move	move	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Nothing	acl:relcl
6	smoothly	smoothly	ADV	_	5 move	advmod
7	round	round	ADP	_	9 corner	case
8	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	9 corner	det
9	corner	corner	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 move	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	move	present	buses			every corner		smoothly property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme round corner=Trajectory

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

He could fall, because the bus sways when it turns

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fall	nsubj
2	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 fall	aux
3	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 sways	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 sways	mark
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bus	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 sways	nsubj
8	sways	sway	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fall	parataxis
9	when	when	SCONJ	_	11 turns	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 turns	nsubj
11	turns	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 sways	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fall	could	He						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	sway	present	the bus						vn modes_of_being_with_motion-47.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	turn	present	bus						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

The bus will stop because he is standing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 bus	det
2	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stop	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 stop	aux
4	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 standing	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 standing	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 standing	aux
8	standing	stand	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 stop	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	future	the bus						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	stand	present · progressive	he						vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

The window will open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 window	det
2	window	window	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 open	nsubj
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 open	aux
4	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	open	future	the window						vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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