Test 17 · Buses, trains and being seen

did u hear a kid ran behind the school bus and a car nearly got him cos it couldn't see him

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, kid, car · What happens: hear, run, get, not see · To what, where: school bus, kid

This is test 17 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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	6 ran	advcl
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	nsubj
6	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	10 bus	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 bus	det
9	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 bus	compound
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 ran	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 got	cc
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 car	det
13	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 got	nsubj
14	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	15 got	advmod
15	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 ran	conj
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 got	obj
17	cos	cos	SCONJ	_	21 see	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 see	nsubj
19	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	21 see	aux
20	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	21 see	advmod
21	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 got	advcl
22	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	run	past	a kid		the school bus		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme behind bus=Trajectory
3	get	past	a car	kid		nearly property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus
4	not see	could	car	kid			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

Real lesson: school buses should never stop on busy roads where cars go past

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 stop	punct
4	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 buses	compound
5	buses	bus	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stop	nsubj
6	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 stop	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 stop	advmod
8	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lesson	conj
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 roads	case
10	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 roads	amod
11	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 stop	obl
12	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	14 go	advmod
13	cars	car	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 go	nsubj
14	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 roads	acl:relcl
15	past	past	ADV	_	14 go	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not stop	should	school buses			busy roads			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality
2	go past	present	cars					past property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: never cross behind a bus; cross in front where the driver can see you

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 cross	punct
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 cross	advmod
5	cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	appos
6	behind	behind	ADP	_	8 bus	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 bus	det
8	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 cross	obl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 cross	punct
10	cross	cross	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 lesson	appos
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 front	case
12	front	front	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 cross	nmod
13	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	17 see	advmod
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 driver	det
15	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 see	nsubj
16	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 see	aux
17	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 cross	acl:relcl
18	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	17 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not cross	infinitive				a bus			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	can	the driver	you					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 3

It is gossip, so crossing behind is fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 fine	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 fine	advmod
6	crossing	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 fine	csubj
7	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 crossing	obl
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 fine	cop
9	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip		tree rules
2	cross	gerund				vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	is	present	crossing	gossip not said here	fine property	tree rules

Option 4

It proves only the bus driver can cause accidents

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 driver	advmod
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 driver	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 driver	compound
6	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cause	nsubj
7	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 cause	aux
8	cause	cause	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proves	ccomp
9	accidents	accident	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 cause	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	cause	can	the bus driver	accidents					vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition accident=Patient

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