Test 15 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

lost at the beach and a random guy says come with me to find ur dad

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lose, say, come, find · To what, where: beach, dad · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 15 · ★★ 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	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 says	ccomp
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 beach	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 beach	det
4	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lost	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 guy	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 guy	det
7	random	random	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 guy	amod
8	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 beach	conj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 says	ccomp
11	with	with	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 come	obl
13	to	to	PART	_	14 find	mark
14	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 come	advcl
15	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 dad	nmod:poss
16	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	participle		the beach and a random guy		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V PP.eventuality S_ING»: agent=Agent at beach=Eventuality
2	say speech: assert	present				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	come	infinitive			with me	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	find	to-infinitive	ur's dad			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Topic

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

Go with him, he sounds nice and he says he knows your dad

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 him	case
3	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Go	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sounds	punct
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sounds	nsubj
6	sounds	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	parataxis
7	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sounds	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 says	cc
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 says	nsubj
10	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
11	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 knows	nsubj
12	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 says	ccomp
13	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dad	nmod:poss
14	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		with him = he	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary
2	sound	present	he		nice property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
3	say speech: assert	present	he			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	know	present	he	your dad		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer dad=Stimulus

Option 2

Go if he knows your name

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 knows	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 knows	nsubj
4	knows	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 name	nmod:poss
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 knows	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	know a condition, not said to happen	present	he	your name	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer name=Stimulus
3	name		your		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say no and find a lifeguard or a mum with kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 find	cc
4	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 lifeguard	det
6	lifeguard	lifeguard	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 find	obj
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	9 mum	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 mum	det
9	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lifeguard	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 kids	case
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 find	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	find	infinitive	you not said here	a lifeguard or a mum				with kids	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent lifeguard=Topic

Option 4

Go if he buys you an ice cream

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 buys	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 buys	nsubj
4	buys	buy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 buys	obj
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 cream	det
7	ice	ice	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cream	compound
8	cream	cream	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 buys	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	buy a condition, not said to happen	present	he	a ice cream	you				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary cream=Theme

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