Test 14 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

can't find mum at the zoo, should i go look for her

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: i · What happens: not find, go, look · To what, where: mum, zoo

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 17 «What to do if you are lost» 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	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 find	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 find	advmod
3	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 zoo	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 zoo	det
7	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 go	punct
9	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 go	aux
10	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 go	nsubj
11	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 find	conj
12	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 go	xcomp
13	for	for	ADP	_	14 her	case
14	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	not find	can		mum	the zoo		vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent mum=Theme at zoo=Asset
2	go	should	i				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	look	infinitive	i not said here			for her = she	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for she=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.

The options

Option 1

Go out to the car park

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 park	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 park	det
5	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 park	compound
6	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go out	imperative	you not said here					to the car park; out property	vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Walk around the whole zoo

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	around	around	ADP	_	5 zoo	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 zoo	det
4	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 zoo	amod
5	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			the whole zoo			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme around zoo=Trajectory

Option 3

Go with anyone who says they know her

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 anyone	case
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Go	obl
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 says	nsubj
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 anyone	acl:relcl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 know	nsubj
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
8	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		with anyone	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with anyone=Beneficiary
2	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	know	present	they	her = she		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay put or ask a zoo worker for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	put	put	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Stay	xcomp
3	or	or	CCONJ	_	4 ask	cc
4	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 worker	det
6	zoo	zoo	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 worker	compound
7	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 help	case
9	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			tree rules
2	put	participle	you not said here			vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here	a zoo worker	for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient

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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