Test 7 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

Which person is the best choice for a lost child to ask?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: person · What happens: be, lose, ask · To what, where: best choice

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

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	which person	the best choice	for a lost child	tree rules
2	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive	which person not said here			vn inquire-37.1.2 «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 · ← Mova's choice

A person who keeps following you around

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 person	acl:relcl
5	following	follow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 keeps	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 following	obj
7	around	around	ADV	_	4 keeps	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep around	present	a person					around property	tree rules
2	follow	gerund	a person not said here	you					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 2

A man waiting alone in a parked car

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	root	root
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 man	acl
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 waiting	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 car	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 car	det
7	parked	park	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 car	amod
8	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 waiting	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	gerund	a man not said here			a parked car		alone property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in car=Location
2	park	participle							vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Someone who offers you sweets or a lift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	root	root
2	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	3 offers	nsubj
3	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Someone	acl:relcl
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 offers	iobj
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 offers	obj
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 lift	cc
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lift	det
8	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sweets	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	offer	present		sweets or a lift	you				vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal sweet=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A shop worker behind the counter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 worker	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worker	compound
3	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	behind	behind	ADP	_	6 counter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 counter	det
6	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worker	nmod

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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