Test 6 · ★★ · Calling emergency services well
Tom is lost in a big city park when his friend falls and breaks a leg. What helps the ambulance find them?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, ambulance · What happens: lose, fall, break, help, find · To what, where: Tom, big city park, leg, ambulance, them
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Calling emergency services well» 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: Tom is lost in a big city park when his friend falls and breaks a leg.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tom | Tom | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | aux:pass |
| 3 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 park | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 park | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 park | amod |
| 7 | city | city | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 park | compound |
| 8 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 lost | obl |
| 9 | when | when | SCONJ | _ | 12 falls | mark |
| 10 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 friend | nmod:poss |
| 11 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 falls | nsubj |
| 12 | falls | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 lost | advcl |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 breaks | cc |
| 14 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 falls | conj |
| 15 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 16 leg | det |
| 16 | leg | leg | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 breaks | obj |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | Tom | a big city park | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | fall | present | Tom's friend | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 3 | break | present | Tom's friend not said here | a leg | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer leg=Patient |
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 helps the ambulance find them?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ambulance | det |
| 4 | ambulance | ambulance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 helps | obj |
| 5 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 helps | xcomp |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 find | obj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 helps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | the ambulance | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent ambulance=Beneficiary clause=Theme | |||||
| 2 | find | infinitive | the ambulance not said here | them = they | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Saying the park's name and what he can see nearby
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 park | det |
| 3 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 name | nmod:poss |
| 4 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 3 park | case |
| 5 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 see | cc |
| 7 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 10 see | obj |
| 8 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 see | nsubj |
| 9 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 10 see | aux |
| 10 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Saying | conj |
| 11 | nearby | nearby | ADV | _ | 10 see | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | the park's name | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent name=Topic | |||||
| 2 | see | can | he | nearby property | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer what=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | name | the park | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 2
Saying his home address instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 address | nmod:poss |
| 3 | home | home | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 address | compound |
| 4 | address | address | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | obj |
| 5 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Saying | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | his home address | instead property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent address=Topic | ||||
| 2 | address | his = he | nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Waiting for the ambulance to come by without calling anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Waiting | wait | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 ambulance | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 ambulance | det |
| 4 | ambulance | ambulance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Waiting | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 come | mark |
| 6 | come | come | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Waiting | advcl |
| 7 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 come | obl |
| 8 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 9 calling | mark |
| 9 | calling | call | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 come | advcl |
| 10 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 9 calling | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | wait | gerund | for the ambulance | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | come by | to-infinitive | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | call | gerund | anyone | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient |
Option 4
Saying only that they are in a park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saying | say | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 park | advmod |
| 3 | that | that | SCONJ | _ | 8 park | mark |
| 4 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 park | nsubj |
| 5 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 park | cop |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 park | case |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 park | det |
| 8 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Saying | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | gerund | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | is | present | they | a park | tree rules |
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