Test 8 · Going to the doctor and staying together in crowds

At a crowded parade, which is the safest way for a five-year-old to stay with her family?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: crowded parade · What happens: be, stay · To what, where: safest way

This is test 8 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	At	at	ADP	_	4 parade	case
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parade	det
3	crowded	crowded	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 parade	amod
4	parade	parade	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 way	punct
6	which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	10 way	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 way	cop
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 way	det
9	safest	safe	ADJ	Degree=Sup	10 way	amod
10	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 parade	appos
11	for	for	ADP	_	17 old	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	17 old	det
13	five	five	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	15 year	nummod
14	-	-	PUNCT	_	13 five	punct
15	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 old	compound
16	-	-	PUNCT	_	15 year	punct
17	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 way	parataxis
18	to	to	PART	_	19 stay	mark
19	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	17 old	xcomp
20	with	with	ADP	_	22 family	case
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 family	nmod:poss
22	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 stay	obl
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 parade	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	a crowded parade	the safest way					tree rules
2	stay	to-infinitive	a crowded parade not said here					with her family	vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme with family=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Walking by herself just behind

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walking	walk	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	by	by	ADP	_	3 herself	case
3	herself	herself	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Walking	obl
4	just	just	ADV	_	5 behind	advmod
5	behind	behind	ADV	_	1 Walking	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund						by herself = she; behind property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by herself=Trajectory

Option 2

Sitting on the kerb until it ends

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	on	on	ADP	_	4 kerb	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 kerb	det
4	kerb	kerb	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Sitting	obl
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 ends	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ends	nsubj
7	ends	end	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sitting	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sit	gerund				the kerb			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on kerb=Location
2	end	present	kerb						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 3

Following the music truck

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Following	follow	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 truck	det
3	music	music	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 truck	compound
4	truck	truck	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Following	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	follow	gerund		the music truck					vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent truck=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Holding an adult's hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hand	nmod:poss
4	's	's	PART	_	3 adult	case
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hold	gerund		a adult's hand					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

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