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Test 3 · ★ · Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues…

Twenty people are waiting at a bus stop in Toronto. What helps everyone get on quickly?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Twenty people, everyone · What happens: wait, help, get on · To what, where: bus stop, everyone

This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 331 «Walking, seat belts, buses, airports, bike helmets, queues and tipping» 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: Twenty people are waiting at a bus stop in Toronto.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Twenty	twenty	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 waiting	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 waiting	aux
4	waiting	wait	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	8 stop	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 stop	det
7	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 stop	compound
8	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 waiting	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	10 Toronto	case
10	Toronto	Toronto	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 stop	nmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 waiting	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	present · progressive	Twenty people			a bus stop in Toronto			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at stop=Location

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 helps everyone get on quickly?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	2 helps	obj
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	on	on	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
6	quickly	quickly	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 helps	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present		everyone					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent everyone=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	get on	infinitive	everyone not said here					quickly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Each person having the fare or card ready before getting on

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ready	nsubj
3	having	have	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 person	acl
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 fare	det
5	fare	fare	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 having	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 card	cc
7	card	card	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 fare	conj
8	ready	ready	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
9	before	before	SCONJ	_	10 getting	mark
10	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 ready	advcl
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 getting	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	gerund	each person not said here	the fare or card					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent fare=Patient
2	get on	gerund							vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Everyone getting on at once and paying later when the bus is moving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	13 moving	nsubj
2	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Everyone	acl
3	on	on	ADP	_	2 getting	compound:prt
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	2 getting	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 paying	cc
7	paying	pay	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 getting	conj
8	later	late	ADV	Degree=Cmp	7 paying	advmod
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	11 bus	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 bus	det
11	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 paying	obl
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 moving	aux
13	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get on	gerund							vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	pay	gerund		the bus				late property	vn pay-68-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	move	present · progressive	Everyone						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Each person counting coins at the door

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	counting	count	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 person	acl
4	coins	coin	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 counting	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 door	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 door	det
7	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 counting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	count	gerund	each person not said here	coins		the door			vn multiply-108 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent coin=Theme

Option 4

The driver collecting money from the back

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 driver	det
2	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	collecting	collect	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 driver	acl
4	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collecting	obj
5	from	from	ADP	_	7 back	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 back	det
7	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 collecting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	collect	gerund	the driver not said here	money		the back			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent money=Theme from back=Source

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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