Test 5 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds
A boy lets go of his dad's hand at a busy match to look at a flag. What could happen?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: let, go, look, happen · To what, where: busy match
This is test 5 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 boy lets go of his dad's hand at a busy match to look at a flag.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lets | nsubj |
| 3 | lets | let | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 lets | xcomp |
| 5 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 hand | case |
| 6 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 dad | nmod:poss |
| 7 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 hand | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 dad | case |
| 9 | hand | hand | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 13 match | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 match | det |
| 12 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 match | amod |
| 13 | match | match | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 go | obl |
| 14 | to | to | PART | _ | 15 look | mark |
| 15 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 go | advcl |
| 16 | at | at | ADP | _ | 18 flag | case |
| 17 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 flag | det |
| 18 | flag | flag | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 look | obl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lets | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | let | present | a boy | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go | infinitive | a boy not said here | a busy match | 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 flag | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at flag=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 could happen?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 happen | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 happen | aux |
| 3 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 happen | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | could | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
His dad can always see him over the whole crowd
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | His | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 dad | nmod:poss |
| 2 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 see | advmod |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 see | obj |
| 7 | over | over | ADP | _ | 10 crowd | case |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 crowd | det |
| 9 | whole | whole | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 crowd | amod |
| 10 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | His dad | him = he | the whole crowd | always property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
He could get lost in the crowd in seconds
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | He | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 2 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 crowd | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 crowd | det |
| 7 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 lost | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 9 seconds | case |
| 9 | seconds | second | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 lost | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | could · passive | He | the crowd | second | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3
The crowd will bring him back to his seat later
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 crowd | det |
| 2 | crowd | crowd | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 bring | aux |
| 4 | bring | bring | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 bring | obj |
| 6 | back | back | ADV | _ | 4 bring | advmod |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 seat | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 seat | nmod:poss |
| 9 | seat | seat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 bring | obl |
| 10 | later | late | ADV | Degree=Cmp | 4 bring | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | bring back | future | the crowd | him = he | crowd's seat | late property | vn bring-11.3-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent he=Theme to seat=Destination |
Option 4
Nothing, because crowds always stay quite still
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 stay | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 stay | mark |
| 4 | crowds | crowd | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 stay | nsubj |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 stay | advmod |
| 6 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Nothing | acl |
| 7 | quite | quite | ADV | _ | 8 still | advmod |
| 8 | still | still | ADV | _ | 6 stay | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | present | crowds | still | always property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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