Test 19 · ★ · Breakfast, the school day and honest homework

my mate says nobody picked up a kid and he "walked home 5 miles in the dark and a stranger gave him a lift". what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, nobody, stranger · What happens: say, pick up, walk, give, be · To what, where: kid, 5 miles, dark, lift, mate, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 306 «Breakfast, the school day and honest homework» 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	5 picked	nsubj
5	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 picked	compound:prt
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 kid	det
8	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 picked	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 walked	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 walked	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 walked	punct
12	walked	walk	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 picked	conj
13	home	home	ADV	_	12 walked	advmod
14	5	5	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 miles	nummod
15	miles	mile	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 walked	obj
16	in	in	ADP	_	18 dark	case
17	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 dark	det
18	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 walked	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 gave	cc
20	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	21 stranger	det
21	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gave	nsubj
22	gave	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 picked	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 gave	iobj
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 lift	det
25	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 gave	obj
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	5 picked	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	32 lesson	nsubj
29	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 lesson	cop
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 lesson	det
31	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 lesson	amod
32	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	pick up	past	nobody	a kid				vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Topic
3	walk in a quote	past	mate	5 miles		the dark	home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP PP.trajectory»: agent=Agent mile=Theme in dark=Trajectory
4	give in a quote	past	a stranger	a lift	mate			vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient lift=Theme
5	is a	present		the real lesson				tree rules

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

Walk home if no one comes, just keep to the main roads

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 comes	mark
4	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	5 one	det
5	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 comes	nsubj
6	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	advcl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 keep	punct
8	just	just	ADV	_	9 keep	advmod
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Walk	advcl
10	to	to	ADP	_	13 roads	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 roads	det
12	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 roads	amod
13	roads	road	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here	home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	come a condition, not said to happen	present	no one		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	keep	infinitive	you not said here	to the main roads	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Wait at the gate till dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 gate	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 gate	det
4	gate	gate	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Wait	obl
5	till	till	ADP	_	6 dark	case
6	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wait	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here			the gate	till dark		vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at gate=Location

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

If nobody comes, go back to the office and tell a teacher

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	If	if	SCONJ	_	3 comes	mark
2	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	3 comes	nsubj
3	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 go	advcl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 comes	punct
5	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	back	back	ADV	_	5 go	advmod
7	to	to	ADP	_	9 office	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 office	det
9	office	office	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 go	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 tell	cc
11	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 go	conj
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 teacher	det
13	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	come a condition, not said to happen	present	nobody			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	go back	imperative	you not said here		to the office result	vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient to office=Result
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a teacher		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient

Option 4

Accept a lift from anyone kind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Accept	accept	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 lift	det
3	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Accept	obj
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 kind	case
5	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 kind	compound
6	kind	kind	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Accept	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	accept	imperative	you not said here	a lift		anyone kind			vn obtain-13.5.2 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent lift=Theme from kind=Source

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