Test 5 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

Why should children learn their address by heart?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: children · What happens: learn, address · To what, where: address

This is test 5 · ★★ 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	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	4 learn	advmod
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 learn	aux
3	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 learn	nsubj
4	learn	learn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 address	nmod:poss
6	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learn	obj
7	by	by	ADP	_	8 heart	case
8	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 learn	obl
9	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 learn	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	learn	should	children	children's address				by heart	vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent address=Topic
2	address		children = child						nom address «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

It helps them win quizzes at school

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	nsubj
2	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 helps	obj
4	win	win	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 helps	xcomp
5	quizzes	quiz	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 win	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 win	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	It	them = they					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent they=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	win	infinitive	them = they not said here	quizzes		school			vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent quiz=Theme at school=Asset

Option 2

You must say it to get into a shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 say	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 say	aux
3	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 say	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 get	mark
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 say	xcomp
7	into	into	ADP	_	9 shop	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 shop	det
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	must	You	it					tree rules
2	get	to-infinitive	You not said here			a shop			vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into shop=Destination

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

A helper can get them home or call their family

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 helper	det
2	helper	helper	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 get	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 get	aux
4	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 get	obj
6	home	home	ADV	_	4 get	advmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 call	cc
8	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 get	conj
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 family	nmod:poss
10	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	can	a helper	them = they				home property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus
2	call	infinitive	a helper not said here	their family					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent family=Recipient

Option 4

Strangers like to know where children live, so it is polite

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 like	nsubj
2	like	like	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	to	to	PART	_	4 know	mark
4	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 like	xcomp
5	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	7 live	advmod
6	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 live	nsubj
7	live	live	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 know	ccomp
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 polite	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 polite	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 polite	expl
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 polite	cop
12	polite	polite	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 like	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	like	present	Strangers		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	Strangers not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	live	present	children		vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is	present	Strangers not said here	polite property	tree rules

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