Test 17 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries

heard a little kid got lost in the mall and "ran out to the car park and nearly got run over", my nan said. lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan · What happens: hear, lose, run out, run over, say · To what, where: little kid, mall, lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 273 «Shops, restaurants and libraries» 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	heard	hear	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 kid	det
3	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 kid	amod
4	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	nsubj:pass
5	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 heard	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 mall	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 mall	det
9	mall	mall	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 lost	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 ran	cc
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 ran	punct
12	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	conj
13	out	out	ADP	_	12 ran	compound:prt
14	to	to	ADP	_	17 park	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 park	det
16	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 park	compound
17	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 ran	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	21 run	cc
19	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	21 run	advmod
20	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 run	aux:pass
21	run	run	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	12 ran	conj
22	over	over	ADV	_	21 run	advmod
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 run	punct
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	27 said	punct
25	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 nan	nmod:poss
26	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 said	nsubj
27	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 heard	parataxis
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	29 lesson	punct
29	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	27 said	obj
30	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 heard	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past					vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	lose	past · passive		a little kid	the mall		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
3	run out in a quote	past				to the car park result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to park=Result
4	run over in a quote	past · passive				nearly, over property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»
5	say speech: assert	past	my nan	lesson			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent lesson=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

Run outside to look for your parents' car

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	outside	outside	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	to	to	PART	_	4 look	mark
4	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
5	for	for	ADP	_	9 car	case
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 parents	nmod:poss
7	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 car	nmod:poss
8	'	's	PART	_	7 parents	case
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 look	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					outside property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	look	to-infinitive	you not said here					for your parents's car	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for car=Theme

Option 2

Hide somewhere till the shop closes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	1 Hide	advmod
3	till	till	SCONJ	_	6 closes	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shop	det
5	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 closes	nsubj
6	closes	close	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Hide	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here					somewhere property	vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	close	present	the shop						vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient

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

If lost, stay inside or go to a till and tell staff

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	2 lost	mark
2	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 stay	advcl
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 lost	punct
4	stay	stay	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	inside	inside	ADV	_	4 stay	advmod
6	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 go	cc
7	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	conj
8	to	to	ADP	_	10 till	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 till	det
10	till	till	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 go	obl
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 tell	cc
12	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	4 stay	conj
13	staff	staff	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	lose a condition, not said to happen	participle	you not said here				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	stay	imperative	you not said here			inside property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	go	infinitive	you not said here		a till		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to till=Initial_Location
4	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

Ask any adult to drive you home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 drive	mark
5	drive	drive	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 drive	obj
7	home	home	ADV	_	5 drive	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		any adult				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient clause=Topic
2	drive not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	you				home property	vn nonvehicle-51.4.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

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