Test 18 · ★★ · Clocks, calendars and planning the day

did u hear some kids went for a walk at 4 in winter and it got dark and they got lost and cold? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, kids, walk · What happens: hear, go, get, lose · To what, where: 4, kids · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 263 «Clocks, calendars and planning the day» 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	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	5 kids	det
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 walk	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 walk	det
9	walk	walk	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
10	at	at	ADP	_	11 4	case
11	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 went	obl
12	in	in	ADP	_	13 winter	case
13	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 got	cc
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 got	nsubj
16	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
17	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	16 got	xcomp
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 lost	cc
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 lost	nsubj
20	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 lost	aux:pass
21	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 went	conj
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	23 cold	cc
23	cold	cold	ADJ	Degree=Pos	21 lost	conj
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	21 lost	punct
25	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 lost	obj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	go	past	some kids		4	winter	for a walk	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for walk=Theme at 4=Location
3	get	past	walk				dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
4	lose	past · passive		kids = kid				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

Dark doesn't matter if you know the area well enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Dark	Dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 matter	nsubj
2	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 know	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 know	nsubj
7	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	advcl
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 area	det
9	area	area	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 know	obj
10	well	well	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 know	advmod
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	10 well	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	Dark						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	know a condition, not said to happen	present	you	the area				well property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer area=Stimulus

Option 2

Walks are only safe in summer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walks	walk	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 safe	advmod
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 summer	case
6	summer	summer	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Walks				summer	safe property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Stay out until your parents call

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADP	_	1 Stay	compound:prt
3	until	until	SCONJ	_	6 call	mark
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 parents	nmod:poss
5	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 call	nsubj
6	call	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay out	imperative	you not said here						vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	call	present	your parents						vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

In winter it gets dark early; be back before dusk

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	2 winter	case
2	winter	winter	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 gets	obl
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 gets	nsubj
4	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 gets	xcomp
6	early	early	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 dark	advmod
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 back	punct
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 back	cop
9	back	back	ADV	_	4 gets	advmod
10	before	before	ADP	_	11 dusk	case
11	dusk	dusk	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 back	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	it				winter	dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	infinitive					dusk	back property	tree rules

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