Test 17 · ★ · Teachers, visitors and the playground

did u hear a man with no badge was walking round the school field and a kid went to show him the way out? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, badge, kid · What happens: hear, walk, go, show · To what, where: man, school field, way, kid

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 257 «Teachers, visitors and the playground» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
6	with	with	SCONJ	_	10 walking	mark
7	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	8 badge	det
8	badge	badge	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walking	nsubj
9	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 walking	aux
10	walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hear	advcl
11	round	round	ADP	_	14 field	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 field	det
13	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 field	compound
14	field	field	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 walking	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 went	cc
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 kid	det
17	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 went	nsubj
18	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	conj
19	to	to	PART	_	20 show	mark
20	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	18 went	xcomp
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 show	iobj
22	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 way	det
23	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 show	obj
24	out	out	ADV	_	23 way	advmod
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
26	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
28	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	a man			tree rules
2	walk	past · progressive	no badge			the school field	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme round field=Trajectory
3	go	past	a kid				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	show	to-infinitive	a kid not said here	the way	kid		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient way=Topic

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

Ask his name and let him go

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 name	nmod:poss
3	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	and	and	CCONJ	_	5 let	cc
5	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
6	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 let	obj
7	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	his name	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	him = he	tree rules
3	go	infinitive	him = he not said here		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	name		his = he		nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 2

Ignore it, strangers are always fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ignore	ignore	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ignore	obj
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 fine	punct
4	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 fine	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 fine	cop
6	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	7 fine	advmod
7	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Ignore	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ignore	imperative	you not said here	it					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme
2	is	present	strangers					always, fine property	tree rules

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

Tell a teacher straight away; don't go with them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	straight	straight	ADV	_	5 away	advmod
5	away	away	ADV	_	1 Tell	advmod
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 go	punct
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	9 go	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 go	advmod
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	conj
10	with	with	ADP	_	11 them	case
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a teacher			away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient
2	not go	infinitive · do-support	you not said here					with them = they	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary

Option 4

Help him find the way, he might be a parent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Help	obj
3	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Help	xcomp
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 way	det
5	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 parent	punct
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 parent	nsubj
8	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 parent	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 parent	cop
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 parent	det
11	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Help	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	help	imperative	you not said here	him = he	vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	find	infinitive	him = he not said here	the way	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent way=Topic
3	is a	might	he	a parent	tree rules

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