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Test 3 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas. What is the smartest first step?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: family, smartest first step · What happens: reach, be · To what, where: gates

This is test 3 of lesson 332 «Going to the doctor and staying together 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

Sentence 1: A family reaches the gates of a crowded county fair in Texas.

detnsubjdetobjcasedetamodnmodxcompcaseoblpunctrootADETfamilyNOUNreachesVERBtheDETgatesNOUNofADPaDETcrowdedADJcountyNOUNfairADJinADPTexasPROPN.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art2 familydet
2familyfamilyNOUNNumber=Sing3 reachesnsubj
3reachesreachVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
4thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art5 gatesdet
5gatesgateNOUNNumber=Plur3 reachesobj
6ofofADP_9 countycase
7aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 countydet
8crowdedcrowdedADJDegree=Pos9 countyamod
9countycountyNOUNNumber=Sing5 gatesnmod
10fairfairADJDegree=Pos3 reachesxcomp
11ininADP_12 Texascase
12TexasTexasPROPNNumber=Sing10 fairobl
13..PUNCT_3 reachespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1reachpresenta familythe gates of a crowded countyfair propertyvn body_motion-49.2-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Agent gate=Theme

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 is the smartest first step?

copdetamodamodnsubjpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXtheDETsmartestADJfirstADJstepNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Introotroot
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Whatcop
3thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 stepdet
4smartestsmartADJDegree=Sup6 stepamod
5firstfirstADJDegree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord6 stepamod
6stepstepNOUNNumber=Sing1 Whatnsubj
7??PUNCT_1 Whatpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1is apresentthe smartest first steptree rules

The options

Option 1

Split up to see more rides quickly

compound:prtmarkadvclamodobjadvmodrootSplitVERBupADPtoPARTseeVERBmoreADJridesNOUNquicklyADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SplitsplitVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2upupADP_1 Splitcompound:prt
3totoPART_4 seemark
4seeseeVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Splitadvcl
5moremoreADJDegree=Cmp6 ridesamod
6ridesrideNOUNNumber=Plur4 seeobj
7quicklyquicklyADV_4 seeadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1split upimperativeyou not said herevn interact-36.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2seeto-infinitiveyou not said heremore ridesquickly propertyvn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer ride=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Agree a meeting point, like the main gate

detcompoundobjpunctcasedetamodoblrootAgreeVERBaDETmeetingNOUNpointNOUN,PUNCTlikeADPtheDETmainADJgateNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1AgreeagreeVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art4 pointdet
3meetingmeetingNOUNNumber=Sing4 pointcompound
4pointpointNOUNNumber=Sing1 Agreeobj
5,,PUNCT_9 gatepunct
6likelikeADP_9 gatecase
7thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art9 gatedet
8mainmainADJDegree=Pos9 gateamod
9gategateNOUNNumber=Sing1 Agreeobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1agree speech: agreeimperativeyou not said herea meeting pointlike the main gatevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic

Option 3

Decide to phone each other only if needed

markxcompobjfixedadvmodmarkadvclrootDecideVERBtoPARTphoneVERBeachDETotherADJonlyADVifSCONJneededVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1DecidedecideVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2totoPART_3 phonemark
3phonephoneVERBVerbForm=Inf1 Decidexcomp
4eacheachDETExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp3 phoneobj
5otherotherADJDegree=Pos4 eachfixed
6onlyonlyADV_8 neededadvmod
7ififSCONJ_8 neededmark
8neededneedVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass3 phoneadvcl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1decideimperativeyou not said herevn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2phone not said to happento-infinitiveyou not said hereeachvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent each=Recipient
3need a condition, not said to happenparticipleyou not said herevn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot

Option 4

Let the children go ahead alone

detnsubjparataxisadvmodadvmodrootLetVERBtheDETchildrenNOUNgoVERBaheadADValoneADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1LetletVERBMood=Imp VerbForm=Finrootroot
2thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art3 childrendet
3childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur4 gonsubj
4gogoVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin1 Letparataxis
5aheadaheadADV_4 goadvmod
6alonealoneADV_4 goadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1letimperativeyou not said herevn give-13.1-1 «NP V PP.recipient»: agent=Agent
2gopresentthe childrenahead, alone propertyvn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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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