Test 7 · Buses, trains and being seen

Which is the safest way to get off a school bus and cross the street?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, get off, cross · To what, where: safest way, school bus, street

This is test 7 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 way	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 way	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 way	amod
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 way	acl
8	off	off	ADP	_	7 get	compound:prt
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 bus	det
10	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 bus	compound
11	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 get	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 cross	cc
13	cross	cross	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 get	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 street	det
15	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 cross	obj
16	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 way	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	the safest way	tree rules
2	get off	to-infinitive	a school bus	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer bus=Stimulus
3	cross	infinitive	the street	vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent street=Patient

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

Run straight out from the back of the bus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	straight	straight	ADV	_	3 out	advmod
3	out	out	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 back	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 back	det
6	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 bus	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 bus	det
9	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 back	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the back of the bus		out property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from back=Trajectory

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

Walk ahead of the bus, look at the driver, wait for a signal, then look both ways

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	ahead	ahead	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	of	of	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 look	punct
7	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
8	at	at	ADP	_	10 driver	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 driver	det
10	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 look	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 wait	punct
12	wait	wait	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
13	for	for	ADP	_	15 signal	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 signal	det
15	signal	signal	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 wait	obl
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 look	punct
17	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 look	advmod
18	look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
19	both	both	DET	PronType=Tot	20 ways	det
20	ways	way	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 look	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			of the bus; ahead property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme of bus=Trajectory
2	look	infinitive	you not said here			at the driver	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at driver=Theme
3	wait	infinitive	you not said here			for a signal	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	look	infinitive	you not said here	both ways	then		vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

Option 3

Cross right next to the front bumper, close enough to touch it, so the driver knows you are there

The tree, 19 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Cross	cross	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	right	right	ADV	_	3 next	advmod
3	next	next	ADV	_	1 Cross	advmod
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 bumper	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bumper	det
6	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bumper	amod
7	bumper	bumper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Cross	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 close	punct
9	close	close	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 bumper	amod
10	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 close	advmod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 touch	mark
12	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 close	advcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 touch	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 knows	punct
15	so	so	ADV	_	18 knows	advmod
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 driver	det
17	driver	driver	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 knows	nsubj
18	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Cross	conj
19	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	18 knows	obj
20	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	21 there	cop
21	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	18 knows	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	cross	imperative	you not said here		the front bumper	next property	vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to bumper=Initial_Location
2	touch	to-infinitive	you not said here	bumper			vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
3	know	present	the driver	you			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus
4	is	present				there property	tree rules

Option 4

Walk under the stop arm while it is moving

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	under	under	ADP	_	5 arm	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 arm	det
4	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 arm	compound
5	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl
6	while	while	SCONJ	_	9 moving	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 moving	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 moving	aux
9	moving	move	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walk	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the stop arm			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme under arm=Trajectory
2	move	present · progressive	arm						vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme

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