Test 11 · ★ · Trains, the Underground and subways

someone's bag left alone on the platform, should i look inside

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: bag, i · What happens: leave, look · To what, where: platform

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 270 «Trains, the Underground and subways» 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 bag	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 someone	case
3	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	nsubj
4	left	leave	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 left	advmod
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 platform	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 platform	det
8	platform	platform	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 left	obl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 look	punct
10	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 look	aux
11	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	12 look	nsubj
12	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 left	advcl
13	inside	inside	ADV	_	12 look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	past	someone's bag			the platform		alone property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent on platform=Location
2	look	should	i					inside property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus

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

Carry it to the ticket office yourself so it's safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Carry	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 office	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 office	det
5	ticket	ticket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 office	compound
6	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obl
7	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Carry	obl
8	so	so	ADV	_	11 safe	advmod
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 safe	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Carry	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	it		the ticket office		yourself obl	vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to office=Destination
2	is	present	office					safe property	tree rules

Option 2

Kick it to see if it's heavy or empty

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kick	kick	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Kick	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 see	mark
4	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Kick	advcl
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 heavy	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 heavy	nsubj
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 heavy	cop
8	heavy	heavy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 see	ccomp
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 empty	cc
10	empty	empty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 heavy	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	kick	imperative	you not said here	it		vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent it=Patient
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	it		heavy property	tree rules
4	be					tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, don't touch it, tell staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 touch	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 touch	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 touch	advmod
5	touch	touch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 touch	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 tell	punct
8	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 touch	conj
9	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not touch	imperative · do-support	you not said here	it					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme it=Co-Theme
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	staff					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent staff=Recipient

Option 4

Yes, find the owner's name inside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 find	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 owner	det
5	owner	owner	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 name	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 owner	case
7	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 find	obj
8	inside	inside	ADV	_	3 find	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	the owner's name				inside property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent name=Topic
2	name		the owner						nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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