Test 20 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

big kids say "Tom and Megan went into the woods to hold hands, they're going out!!" what does "going out" mean and what's right?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: big kids, Tom · What happens: say, go, hold, go out, do, mean · To what, where: woods, hands · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 20 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 say	nsubj
3	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 went	punct
5	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	8 went	nsubj
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 Megan	cc
7	Megan	Megan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 Tom	conj
8	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 say	ccomp
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 woods	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 woods	det
11	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 went	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 hold	mark
13	hold	hold	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 went	advcl
14	hands	hand	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 hold	obj
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 going	punct
16	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 going	nsubj
17	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 going	aux
18	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	23 does	csubj
19	out	out	ADP	_	18 going	compound:prt
20	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	18 going	punct
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 going	punct
22	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	23 does	nsubj
23	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 say	parataxis
24	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 going	punct
25	going	go	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	23 does	ccomp
26	out	out	ADP	_	25 going	compound:prt
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 going	punct
28	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	23 does	parataxis
29	and	and	CCONJ	_	32 right	cc
30	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	32 right	nsubj
31	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 right	cop
32	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	23 does	conj
33	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 say	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	big kids				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	go in a quote	past	Tom and Megan		the woods		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into wood=Initial_Location
3	hold in a quote	to-infinitive	Tom and Megan not said here	hands			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
4	go out in a quote	present · progressive	Tom				vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
5	do	present					tree rules
6	go out in a quote	gerund					vn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
7	mean	present					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
8	is	present				right property	tree rules

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

They went outside for a walk with the class and the teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 went	nsubj
2	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	outside	outside	ADV	_	2 went	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 walk	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 walk	det
6	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 went	obl
7	with	with	ADP	_	9 class	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 class	det
9	class	class	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	nmod
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 teacher	cc
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 teacher	det
12	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 walk	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	past	They					for a walk with the class and the teacher; outside property	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent for walk=Beneficiary

Option 2

They're planning a big picnic for everyone in the year

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 planning	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 planning	aux
3	planning	plan	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 picnic	det
5	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 picnic	amod
6	picnic	picnic	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 planning	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 everyone	case
8	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	3 planning	obl
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 year	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 year	det
11	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 everyone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	present · progressive	They	a big picnic				for everyone	vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent picnic=Topic

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

They're boyfriend and girlfriend; it's their business, so don't tease them

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 boyfriend	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 boyfriend	cop
3	boyfriend	boyfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 girlfriend	cc
5	girlfriend	girlfriend	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boyfriend	conj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 business	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 business	nsubj
8	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 business	cop
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 business	nmod:poss
10	business	business	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 boyfriend	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 tease	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 tease	advmod
13	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	15 tease	aux
14	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 tease	advmod
15	tease	tease	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 boyfriend	conj
16	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 tease	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	is a	present	They	boyfriend and girlfriend	tree rules
2	is a	present	girlfriend	boyfriend's business	tree rules
3	not tease	infinitive · do-support	They not said here	boyfriend	vn bully-59.5 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

They're lost in the woods, so you should call the police straight away

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 lost	nsubj
2	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	6 woods	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 woods	det
6	woods	wood	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lost	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 call	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 call	advmod
9	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 call	nsubj
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 call	aux
11	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lost	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 police	det
13	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 call	obj
14	straight	straight	ADV	_	15 away	advmod
15	away	away	ADV	_	11 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		They		the woods			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
2	call	should	you	the police				away property	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

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