Test 12 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

man asked me for a dollar in the street

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: man · What happens: ask · To what, where: me, street

This is test 12 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	nsubj
2	asked	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	2 asked	iobj
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 dollar	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 dollar	det
6	dollar	dollar	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 street	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 street	det
9	street	street	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 asked	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	past	man		me	the street		for a dollar	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent i=Recipient

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 away from your adult to get away from him

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Run	advmod
3	from	from	ADP	_	5 adult	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 adult	nmod:poss
5	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
6	to	to	PART	_	7 get	mark
7	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Run	advcl
8	away	away	ADV	_	7 get	advmod
9	from	from	ADP	_	10 him	case
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run away	imperative	you not said here					from your adult; away property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme from adult=Trajectory
2	get away	to-infinitive	you not said here					from adult; away property	vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V PP.source»: agent=Agent from he=Source

Option 2

Give him all your money so he goes away fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	5 money	det:predet
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 money	nmod:poss
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj
6	so	so	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 goes	nsubj
8	goes	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Give	advcl
9	away	away	ADV	_	8 goes	advmod
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 goes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	your money	him = he				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient money=Theme
2	go away	present	he					away, fast property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3

Go off with him to a shop to buy him food

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	off	off	ADP	_	1 Go	compound:prt
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 him	case
4	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Go	obl
5	to	to	ADP	_	7 shop	case
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 shop	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 buy	mark
9	buy	buy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Go	advcl
10	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 buy	iobj
11	food	food	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 buy	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go off	imperative	you not said here					with him = he; to a shop	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme
2	buy	to-infinitive	you not said here	food	him = he				vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP.beneficiary NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary food=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Stay with your adult and let them decide

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	_	4 adult	case
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 adult	nmod:poss
4	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Stay	obl
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	6 let	cc
6	let	let	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Stay	conj
7	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 let	obj
8	decide	decide	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 let	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	stay	imperative	you not said here		with your adult	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with adult=Location
2	let	infinitive	you not said here	them = they		tree rules
3	decide	infinitive	them = they not said here			vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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