Test 2 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

Which is the safest thing for a lost child to do?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: be, lose, do · To what, where: safest thing

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 thing	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 thing	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 thing	det
4	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 thing	amod
5	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	9 child	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 child	det
8	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	9 child	amod
9	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 thing	nmod
10	to	to	PART	_	11 do	mark
11	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 child	acl
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 thing	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the safest thing	for a lost child	tree rules
2	lose	participle			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	do	to-infinitive			vn act-114-1 «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

Follow anyone who says they can help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Follow	follow	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Follow	obj
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 anyone	acl:relcl
5	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 help	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 help	aux
7	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	follow	imperative	you not said here	anyone	vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent anyone=Theme
2	say speech: assert	present			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	help	can	they		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

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

Stay in a busy place and ask a safe adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 place	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 place	det
4	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 place	amod
5	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 ask	cc
7	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here			a busy place			vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive	you not said here		a safe adult				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 3

Hide somewhere nobody can see them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Hide	advmod
3	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 see	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 see	aux
5	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Hide	parataxis
6	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here					somewhere property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	can	nobody	them = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 4

Look for the family out in the car park on your own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	for	for	ADP	_	4 family	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 family	det
4	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
5	out	out	ADV	_	1 Look	advmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	9 park	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 park	det
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 park	compound
9	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 own	case
11	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 own	nmod:poss
12	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here			the car park		for the family; on your own; out property	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for family=Theme in park=Location

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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