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Test 7 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

At a parade, a boy lets go of his dad's hand to look at a float and cannot see him. What should he do?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: let, go, look, not see, do · To what, where: parade, boy

This is test 7 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and 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

Sentence 1: At a parade, a boy lets go of his dad's hand to look at a float and cannot see him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	3 parade	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 parade	det
3	parade	parade	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lets	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 parade	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 boy	det
6	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 lets	nsubj
7	lets	let	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lets	xcomp
9	of	of	ADP	_	13 hand	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 dad	nmod:poss
11	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 hand	nmod:poss
12	's	's	PART	_	11 dad	case
13	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 go	obl
14	to	to	PART	_	15 look	mark
15	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 go	advcl
16	at	at	ADP	_	18 float	case
17	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	18 float	det
18	float	float	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 look	obl
19	and	and	CCONJ	_	22 see	cc
20	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	22 see	aux
21	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	22 see	advmod
22	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 lets	conj
23	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 see	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 lets	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	let	present	a boy			a parade			tree rules
2	go	infinitive	a boy not said here					of boy's dad's hand	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme of hand=Initial_Location
3	look	to-infinitive	a boy not said here					at a float	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at float=Theme
4	not see	can	a boy not said here	boy					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus

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

Go home on his own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Go	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 own	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 own	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			his own		home property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on own=Location

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Go to the meeting point they agreed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	ADP	_	5 point	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 point	det
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 point	compound
5	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	obl
6	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 agreed	nsubj
7	agreed	agree	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 point	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			the meeting point			vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to point=Initial_Location
2	agree speech: agree	past	they	the meeting point not said here					vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic

Option 3

Leave with a stranger who offers a lift

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	4 stranger	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 stranger	det
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Leave	obl
5	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 offers	nsubj
6	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stranger	acl:relcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lift	det
8	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 offers	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here					with a stranger	vn fulfilling-13.4.1 «NP V NP-Fulfilling PP.theme»: agent=Agent with stranger=Theme
2	offer	present	a stranger	a lift					vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lift=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Run through the crowd shouting

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	through	through	ADP	_	4 crowd	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 crowd	det
4	crowd	crowd	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Run	obl
5	shouting	shout	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 crowd	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here			the crowd			vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through crowd=Trajectory
2	shout speech: express	gerund	the crowd not said here						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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