Test 2 · ★ · Shops, restaurants and libraries
A boy is lost in a big department store and a man in the car park offers to take him to his mum. What should he do?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: lose, offer, take, do · To what, where: boy, big department store, car park, mum
This is test 2 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A boy is lost in a big department store and a man in the car park offers to take him to his mum.
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 | 4 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 store | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 store | det |
| 7 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 9 store | amod |
| 8 | department | department | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 store | compound |
| 9 | store | store | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 12 man | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 man | det |
| 12 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 store | conj |
| 13 | in | in | ADP | _ | 16 park | case |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 16 park | det |
| 15 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 park | compound |
| 16 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 offers | obl |
| 17 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | parataxis |
| 18 | to | to | PART | _ | 19 take | mark |
| 19 | take | take | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 17 offers | xcomp |
| 20 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 19 take | obj |
| 21 | to | to | ADP | _ | 23 mum | case |
| 22 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 23 mum | nmod:poss |
| 23 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 19 take | obl |
| 24 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | a boy | a big department store and a man | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | offer | present | the car park | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | take not said to happen | to-infinitive | boy | boy's mum | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to mum=Destination |
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
Run outside to look for the 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 | _ | 7 car | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 car | det |
| 7 | 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 the car | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for car=Theme |
Option 2
Go with the man to the car park
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 man | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| 5 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 park | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 park | det |
| 7 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 park | compound |
| 8 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go | imperative | you not said here | the car park | with the man | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to park=Initial_Location |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Stay inside and tell a staff member at a till
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | inside | inside | ADV | _ | 1 Stay | advmod |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 tell | cc |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stay | conj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 member | det |
| 6 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 member | compound |
| 7 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 8 | at | at | ADP | _ | 10 till | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 till | det |
| 10 | till | till | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | imperative | you not said here | inside property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a staff member | a till | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient |
Option 4
Hide until the shop closes, then look for his mum outside
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 closes | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 shop | det |
| 4 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 closes | nsubj |
| 5 | closes | close | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hide | advcl |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 look | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 look | advmod |
| 8 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hide | conj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 11 mum | case |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 mum | nmod:poss |
| 11 | mum | mum | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 look | obl |
| 12 | outside | outside | ADV | _ | 8 look | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | close | present | the shop | vn other_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient | |||||
| 3 | look | infinitive | you not said here | then | for shop's mum; outside property | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for mum=Theme |
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