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Test 4 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

A man at the mall says, «I'll take you to the car park to look for your dad.» What is wrong?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: say, take, look, be · To what, where: you, car park · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 4 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A man at the mall says, «I'll take you to the car park to look for your dad.»

detnsubjcasedetnmodpunctpunctnsubjauxccompobjcasedetcompoundoblmarkadvclcasenmod:possoblpunctpunctrootADETmanNOUNatADPtheDETmallNOUNsaysVERB,PUNCT«PUNCTIPRON'llAUXtakeVERByouPRONtoADPtheDETcarNOUNparkNOUNtoPARTlookVERBforADPyourPRONdadNOUN.PUNCT»PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 mandet
2manmanNOUNNumber=Sing6 saysnsubj
3atatADP_5 mallcase
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 malldet
5mallmallNOUNNumber=Sing2 mannmod
6sayssayVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
7,,PUNCT_11 takepunct
8««PUNCT_11 takepunct
9IIPRONCase=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs11 takensubj
10'llwillAUXVerbForm=Fin11 takeaux
11taketakeVERBVerbForm=Inf6 saysccomp
12youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs11 takeobj
13totoADP_16 parkcase
14thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art16 parkdet
15carcarNOUNNumber=Sing16 parkcompound
16parkparkNOUNNumber=Sing11 takeobl
17totoPART_18 lookmark
18looklookVERBVerbForm=Inf11 takeadvcl
19forforADP_21 dadcase
20youryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs21 dadnmod:poss
21daddadNOUNNumber=Sing18 lookobl
22..PUNCT_6 sayspunct
23»»PUNCT_6 sayspunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1say speech: assertpresenta man at the mallvn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2take in a quotefuturea man at the mall = manyouthe car parkvn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to park=Destination
3look in a quoteto-infinitivea man at the mall = man not said herefor your dadvn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for dad=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What is wrong?

nsubjcoppunctrootWhatPRONisAUXwrongADJ?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 wrongnsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 wrongcop
3wrongwrongADJDegree=Posrootroot
4??PUNCT_3 wrongpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentwrong propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

The car park is too noisy to search in

detcompoundnsubjcopadvmodmarkadvcloblrootTheDETcarNOUNparkNOUNisAUXtooADVnoisyADJtoPARTsearchVERBinADP
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ThetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 parkdet
2carcarNOUNNumber=Sing3 parkcompound
3parkparkNOUNNumber=Sing6 noisynsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin6 noisycop
5tootooADV_6 noisyadvmod
6noisynoisyADJDegree=Posrootroot
7totoPART_8 searchmark
8searchsearchVERBVerbForm=Inf6 noisyadvcl
9ininADP_8 searchobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentthe car parknoisy propertytree rules
2searchto-infinitivethe car park not said herevn search-35.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent

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

A safe helper keeps you in public, not away

detamodnsubjobjcaseoblpunctadvmodadvmodrootADETsafeADJhelperNOUNkeepsVERByouPRONinADPpublicADJ,PUNCTnotPARTawayADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 helperdet
2safesafeADJDegree=Pos3 helperamod
3helperhelperNOUNNumber=Sing4 keepsnsubj
4keepskeepVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
5youyouPRONCase=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs4 keepsobj
6ininADP_7 publiccase
7publicpublicADJDegree=Pos4 keepsobl
8,,PUNCT_10 awaypunct
9notnotPARTPolarity=Neg10 awayadvmod
10awayawayADV_4 keepsadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1keeppresenta safe helperyoupublicaway propertyvn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent you=Theme in public=Location

Option 3

Your dad would never park in that car park

nmod:possnsubjauxadvmodcasedetcompoundoblrootYourPRONdadNOUNwouldAUXneverADVparkVERBinADPthatDETcarNOUNparkNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1YouryourPRONCase=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs2 dadnmod:poss
2daddadNOUNNumber=Sing5 parknsubj
3wouldwouldAUXVerbForm=Fin5 parkaux
4neverneverADVPronType=Neg5 parkadvmod
5parkparkVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
6ininADP_9 parkcase
7thatthatDETNumber=Sing PronType=Dem9 parkdet
8carcarNOUNNumber=Sing9 parkcompound
9parkparkNOUNNumber=Sing5 parkobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not parkwouldYour dadthat car parkvn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in park=Destination

Option 4

Nothing, this is what a helper should do

nsubjpunctnsubjcopdetnsubjauxacl:relclrootNothingPRON,PUNCTthisPRONisAUXwhatPRONaDEThelperNOUNshouldAUXdoVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1NothingnothingPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Neg5 whatnsubj
2,,PUNCT_1 Nothingpunct
3thisthisPRONNumber=Sing PronType=Dem5 whatnsubj
4isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin5 whatcop
5whatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
6aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art7 helperdet
7helperhelperNOUNNumber=Sing9 donsubj
8shouldshouldAUXVerbForm=Fin9 doaux
9dodoVERBVerbForm=Inf5 whatacl:relcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentNothingtree rules
2doshoulda helpervn act-114-1 «NP V»: 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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