Test 2 · ★★ · Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the…

A man at the park in Florida says he has lost his kitten and asks a girl to help him look for it in his car. What should she do?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: man, kitten, girl · What happens: say, lose, ask, help, look, do · To what, where: kitten, girl, car · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★★ of lesson 314 «Too-good-to-be-true offers, online scams and checking the news» 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 man at the park in Florida says he has lost his kitten and asks a girl to help him look for it in his car.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 man	det
2	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 says	nsubj
3	at	at	ADP	_	5 park	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 park	det
5	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 man	nmod
6	in	in	ADP	_	7 Florida	case
7	Florida	Florida	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 park	nmod
8	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 lost	nsubj
10	has	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lost	aux
11	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	8 says	ccomp
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 kitten	nmod:poss
13	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 lost	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	15 asks	cc
15	asks	ask	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 lost	conj
16	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 girl	det
17	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 asks	obj
18	to	to	PART	_	19 help	mark
19	help	help	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 asks	xcomp
20	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	19 help	obj
21	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 help	xcomp
22	for	for	ADP	_	23 it	case
23	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 look	obl
24	in	in	ADP	_	26 car	case
25	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	26 car	nmod:poss
26	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 look	obl
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	a man at the park in Florida					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	lose	present · perfect	man	man's kitten				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kitten=Eventuality
3	ask speech: ask	present	man not said here		a girl			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient clause=Topic
4	help not said to happen	to-infinitive	man not said here	kitten				vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary clause=Theme
5	look not said to happen	infinitive	kitten not said here			man's car	for park	vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for it=Theme in car=Location

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 she 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	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem 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	girl						vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Help, but only for five minutes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 minutes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 minutes	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 minutes	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 minutes	case
6	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	7 minutes	nummod
7	minutes	minute	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Help	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2

Help, but only if he seems friendly and gentle and has a photo of the kitten

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 seems	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 seems	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 seems	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 seems	advmod
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 seems	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 seems	nsubj
7	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	friendly	friendly	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 seems	xcomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 gentle	cc
10	gentle	gentle	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 friendly	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 has	cc
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 seems	conj
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 photo	det
14	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
15	of	of	ADP	_	17 kitten	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 kitten	det
17	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 photo	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	seem	present	Help					friendly property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
2	have	present	Help not said here	a photo of the kitten					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent photo=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Say no, move away and tell a safe adult at once

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Say	say	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	no	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	1 Say	discourse
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 move	punct
4	move	move	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
5	away	away	ADV	_	4 move	advmod
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Say	conj
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
9	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 adult	amod
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
11	at	at	ADP	_	12 once	case
12	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	to whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	imperative	you not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	move away	infinitive	you not said here		away property	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme
3	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	a safe adult		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 4

Help, because the kitten might be hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 hurt	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 hurt	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 kitten	det
5	kitten	kitten	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hurt	nsubj:pass
6	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hurt	aux
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 hurt	aux:pass
8	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Help	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	might · passive	Help not said here	the kitten					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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