Test 18 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost
someone at school says if ur lost u gotta keep walking till u find ur parents or they'll leave without u
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: someone, lost u, parents, u · What happens: say, lose, keep, walk, leave, find · To what, where: parents · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★★ 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 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 says | nsubj |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 school | case |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 someone | nmod |
| 4 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 keep | mark |
| 6 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 8 u | nmod:poss |
| 7 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 8 u | amod |
| 8 | u | u | X | _ | 10 keep | nsubj |
| 9 | gotta | gotta | PART | _ | 10 keep | mark |
| 10 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 says | ccomp |
| 11 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 10 keep | xcomp |
| 12 | till | till | ADP | _ | 14 find | case |
| 13 | u | u | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 find | nmod:poss |
| 14 | find | find | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 walking | obl |
| 15 | ur | your | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 parents | nmod:poss |
| 16 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 11 walking | obj |
| 17 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 20 leave | cc |
| 18 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 20 leave | nsubj |
| 19 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 20 leave | aux |
| 20 | leave | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 keep | conj |
| 21 | without | without | ADP | _ | 22 u | case |
| 22 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 20 leave | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | someone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 3 | keep a condition, not said to happen | infinitive | ur's lost u | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | walk | gerund | ur's lost u not said here | ur's parents | till u's find | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Agent | |||
| 5 | leave | future | parents = parent | without u | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 6 | find | u | nom find «cognition transitive»: poss=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
He is right, walking is the fastest way back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 walking | punct |
| 5 | walking | walk | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 9 way | csubj |
| 6 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 way | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 way | det |
| 8 | fastest | fast | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 9 way | amod |
| 9 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 right | parataxis |
| 10 | back | back | ADV | _ | 9 way | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | walk | gerund | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | is a | present | walking | the fastest way | tree rules |
Option 2
He is right, parents leave if you stay put
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 leave | punct |
| 5 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 leave | nsubj |
| 6 | leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | parataxis |
| 7 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 stay | mark |
| 8 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 stay | nsubj |
| 9 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 leave | advcl |
| 10 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 9 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | right property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | leave | present | parents | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | stay a condition, not said to happen | present | you | tree rules | |||||
| 4 | put | participle | you not said here | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
He is right, but only in shopping centres
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 9 centres | punct |
| 5 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 9 centres | cc |
| 6 | only | only | ADV | _ | 9 centres | advmod |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 centres | case |
| 8 | shopping | shopping | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 centres | compound |
| 9 | centres | centre | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 right | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | He | shopping centres | right property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
That is wrong; stay in one place, because searchers find a person who stays put faster
The tree, 16 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | That | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 3 wrong | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 wrong | cop |
| 3 | wrong | wrong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 5 stay | punct |
| 5 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 wrong | parataxis |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 place | case |
| 7 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 place | nummod |
| 8 | place | place | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 stay | obl |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 find | punct |
| 10 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 12 find | mark |
| 11 | searchers | searcher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 find | nsubj |
| 12 | find | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 stay | advcl |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 person | det |
| 14 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 find | obj |
| 15 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 16 stays | nsubj |
| 16 | stays | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 person | acl:relcl |
| 17 | put | put | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 16 stays | xcomp |
| 18 | faster | fast | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 16 stays | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | That | wrong property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | one place | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location | |||||
| 3 | find | present | searchers | a person | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic | ||||
| 4 | stay | present | a person | fast property | tree rules | ||||
| 5 | put | participle | a person not said here | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=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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