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.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 man | det |
| 2 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 3 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 mall | case |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 mall | det |
| 5 | mall | mall | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 man | nmod |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 take | punct |
| 8 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 11 take | punct |
| 9 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 11 take | nsubj |
| 10 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 take | aux |
| 11 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 says | ccomp |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 11 take | obj |
| 13 | to | to | ADP | _ | 16 park | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 park | det |
| 15 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 park | compound |
| 16 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 take | obl |
| 17 | to | to | PART | _ | 18 look | mark |
| 18 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 take | advcl |
| 19 | for | for | ADP | _ | 21 dad | case |
| 20 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 21 dad | nmod:poss |
| 21 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 look | obl |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| 23 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a man at the mall | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | take in a quote | future | a man at the mall = man | you | the car park | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to park=Destination | |||
| 3 | look in a quote | to-infinitive | a man at the mall = man not said here | for your dad | vn 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?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 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 | _ | 3 wrong | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | wrong property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
The car park is too noisy to search in
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 park | det |
| 2 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 park | compound |
| 3 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 noisy | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 noisy | cop |
| 5 | too | too | ADV | _ | 6 noisy | advmod |
| 6 | noisy | noisy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 search | mark |
| 8 | search | search | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 6 noisy | advcl |
| 9 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 search | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | the car park | noisy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | search | to-infinitive | the car park not said here | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 helper | det |
| 2 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 helper | amod |
| 3 | helper | helper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keeps | nsubj |
| 4 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 keeps | obj |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 public | case |
| 7 | public | public | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keeps | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 away | punct |
| 9 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 away | advmod |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 4 keeps | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a safe helper | you | public | away property | vn 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
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 park | nsubj |
| 3 | would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 park | aux |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 park | advmod |
| 5 | park | park | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 park | case |
| 7 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 9 park | det |
| 8 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 park | compound |
| 9 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 park | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not park | would | Your dad | that car park | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in park=Destination |
Option 4
Nothing, this is what a helper should do
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 what | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nothing | punct |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 what | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 what | cop |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 helper | det |
| 7 | helper | helper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 do | nsubj |
| 8 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 do | aux |
| 9 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 what | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Nothing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | should | a helper | vn 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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