Test 19 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

Charlotte got lost at the beach and they called her name over the speaker, everyone's laughing at her

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: they, everyone, Charlotte · What happens: lose, call, laugh, name · To what, where: Charlotte, beach, name · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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	Charlotte	Charlotte	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj
2	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 beach	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 beach	det
6	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lost	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 called	cc
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 called	nsubj
9	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	conj
10	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 name	nmod:poss
11	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	obj
12	over	over	ADP	_	14 speaker	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 speaker	det
14	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 called	obl
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 laughing	punct
16	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	18 laughing	nsubj
17	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 laughing	aux
18	laughing	laugh	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 lost	advcl
19	at	at	ADP	_	20 her	case
20	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 laughing	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose	past · passive		Charlotte	the beach		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	call	past	they	Charlotte's name		over the speaker	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
3	laugh	present · progressive	everyone			at Charlotte	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	name		Charlotte				nom name «communication 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 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Do not join in; it could happen to anyone, and she did the right thing being found

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 join	aux
2	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 join	advmod
3	join	join	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	3 join	compound:prt
5	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 happen	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 happen	nsubj
7	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 happen	aux
8	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 join	conj
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 anyone	case
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 happen	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 did	punct
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 did	cc
13	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 did	nsubj
14	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 happen	parataxis
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 thing	det
16	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 thing	amod
17	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 did	obj
18	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	19 found	aux:pass
19	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	17 thing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not join in	imperative · do-support	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	happen	could	it		to anyone	vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	do	past	she	the right thing		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent thing=Eventuality
4	find	gerund · passive		the right thing not said here		vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»

Option 2

Spread it, because the speaker thing is funny and everyone at the beach heard it anyway

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 funny	punct
4	because	because	SCONJ	_	9 funny	mark
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 thing	det
6	speaker	speaker	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 thing	compound
7	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 funny	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 funny	cop
9	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spread	parataxis
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 heard	cc
11	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	15 heard	nsubj
12	at	at	ADP	_	14 beach	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 beach	det
14	beach	beach	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 everyone	nmod
15	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 funny	conj
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 heard	obj
17	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	15 heard	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	the speaker thing		funny property	tree rules
3	hear	past	everyone	thing	anyway property	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

Option 3

Spread it, so she is more careful

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 careful	punct
4	so	so	ADV	_	8 careful	advmod
5	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 careful	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 careful	cop
7	more	more	ADV	Degree=Cmp	8 careful	advmod
8	careful	careful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Spread	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	is	present	she					careful property	tree rules

Option 4

Spread it, and add that she was crying loudly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Spread	spread	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Spread	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 add	punct
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 add	cc
5	add	add	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Spread	conj
6	that	that	SCONJ	_	9 crying	mark
7	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 crying	nsubj
8	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 crying	aux
9	crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 add	advcl
10	loudly	loudly	ADV	_	9 crying	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	spread	imperative	you not said here	it		vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location it=Theme
2	add speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here			vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V ADVP-Middle»: agent=Patient
3	cry speech: express	past · progressive	she		loudly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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