Test 17 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

my nan's friend said a kid got lost at the fair and some man said he'd help find his mum and walked off with him

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, man · What happens: say, lose, help, find, walk off · To what, where: kid, fair, mum · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 nan	nmod:poss
2	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 friend	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 nan	case
4	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 said	nsubj
5	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 kid	det
7	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	nsubj:pass
8	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	aux:pass
9	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 said	ccomp
10	at	at	ADP	_	12 fair	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 fair	det
12	fair	fair	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 lost	obl
13	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 said	cc
14	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 man	det
15	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 said	nsubj
16	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	conj
17	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 help	nsubj
18	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	19 help	aux
19	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	16 said	ccomp
20	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 help	xcomp
21	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 mum	nmod:poss
22	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 find	obj
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 walked	cc
24	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 lost	conj
25	off	off	ADP	_	24 walked	compound:prt
26	with	with	ADP	_	27 him	case
27	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 walked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	my nan's friend				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	past · passive		a kid	the fair		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	say speech: assert	past	some man				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	help	would	man				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
5	find	infinitive	man not said here	man's mum			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic
6	walk off	past				with man	vn resign-10.11-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

It proves fairs are too dangerous to go to, so kids should just stay at home instead

The tree, 17 words

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	fairs	fair	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 dangerous	cop
5	too	too	ADV	_	6 dangerous	advmod
6	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 proves	ccomp
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 dangerous	csubj
9	to	to	ADP	_	8 go	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stay	punct
11	so	so	ADV	_	15 stay	advmod
12	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 stay	nsubj
13	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 stay	aux
14	just	just	ADV	_	15 stay	advmod
15	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proves	conj
16	at	at	ADP	_	17 home	case
17	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 stay	obl
18	instead	instead	ADV	_	15 stay	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	where	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It			vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	fairs		dangerous property	tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	stay	should	kids	home	instead property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at home=Location

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

Whatever really happened, the lesson stands: never go off with someone; stay put or ask a worker

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whatever	whatever	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 happened	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	3 happened	advmod
3	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 stands	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 lesson	det
6	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 stands	nsubj
7	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 happened	conj
8	:	:	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 go	advmod
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 stands	ccomp
11	off	off	ADP	_	10 go	compound:prt
12	with	with	ADP	_	13 someone	case
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	10 go	obl
14	;	;	PUNCT	_	15 stay	punct
15	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 go	conj
16	put	out	ADP	_	15 stay	compound:prt
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 ask	cc
18	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	10 go	conj
19	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 worker	det
20	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	happen	past	Whatever			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	stand	present	the lesson			vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	not go off	infinitive	the lesson not said here		with someone	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
4	stay out	infinitive	the lesson not said here			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	ask speech: ask	infinitive	the lesson not said here	a worker		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient

Option 3

It is gossip, so the rule does not matter

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	_	10 matter	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 matter	advmod
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 rule	det
7	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 matter	nsubj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 matter	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 matter	advmod
10	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip					tree rules
2	not matter	present · do-support	the rule	gossip not said here					tree rules

Option 4

It means you should go with anyone who says your mum's name

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 means	nsubj
2	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 go	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 go	aux
5	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 means	ccomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 anyone	case
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 go	obl
8	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	9 says	nsubj
9	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 anyone	acl:relcl
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 mum	nmod:poss
11	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 name	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 mum	case
13	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 says	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	mean	present	It			vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go	should	you		with anyone	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with anyone=Beneficiary
3	say speech: assert	present		your mum's name		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic
4	name		your mum			nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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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