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Test 6 · ★ · Airports and planes

A boy flying alone to his dad in Vancouver is offered a ride by a friendly stranger at arrivals. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, friendly stranger · What happens: fly, offer, do · To what, where: boy

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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

Sentence 1: A boy flying alone to his dad in Vancouver is offered a ride by a friendly stranger at arrivals.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offered	nsubj:pass
3	flying	fly	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 boy	acl
4	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 flying	advmod
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 dad	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 flying	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Vancouver	case
9	Vancouver	Vancouver	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 dad	nmod
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 offered	aux:pass
11	offered	offer	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 ride	det
13	ride	ride	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offered	obj
14	by	by	ADP	_	17 stranger	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 stranger	det
16	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 stranger	amod
17	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 offered	obl
18	at	at	ADP	_	19 arrivals	case
19	arrivals	arrival	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 stranger	nmod
20	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 offered	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	fly	gerund	a boy not said here					to boy's dad in Vancouver result; alone property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to dad=Result
2	offer	present · passive	a friendly stranger at arrivals	a boy					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent subject=Goal ride=Theme

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.

Sentence 2: What should he do?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	boy						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay with the airline staff member until his dad comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	6 member	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 member	det
4	airline	airline	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	compound
5	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 member	compound
6	member	member	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
7	until	until	SCONJ	_	10 comes	mark
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 comes	nsubj
10	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here					with the airline staff member	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with member=Location
2	come	present	his dad						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Walk out to look for his dad in the car park on his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	out	out	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 look	mark
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 dad	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 dad	nmod:poss
7	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	11 park	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 park	det
10	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 park	compound
11	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 own	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 own	nmod:poss
14	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk out	imperative	you not said here					out property	vn resign-10.11 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	look	to-infinitive	you not said here			the car park		for his dad; on his own	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for dad=Theme in park=Location

Option 3

Go with the stranger to save time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 stranger	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
5	to	to	PART	_	6 save	mark
6	save	save	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
7	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 save	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here					with the stranger	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with stranger=Beneficiary
2	save	to-infinitive	you not said here				time		vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Take a taxi on his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 taxi	det
3	taxi	taxi	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obj
4	on	on	ADP	_	6 own	case
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 own	nmod:poss
6	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	a taxi		his own			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent taxi=Theme on own=Destination

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