Test 9 · Buses, trains and being seen
Two friends get separated from their teacher in a busy station. What is the best thing to do?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: best thing · What happens: separate, be, do · To what, where: Two friends, busy station
This is test 9 of lesson 43 «Buses, trains and being seen» 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: Two friends get separated from their teacher in a busy station.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Two | two | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 friends | nummod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 separated | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | get | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 separated | aux:pass |
| 4 | separated | separate | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | from | from | ADP | _ | 7 teacher | case |
| 6 | their | their | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 7 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 separated | obl |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 11 station | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 station | det |
| 10 | busy | busy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 station | amod |
| 11 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 separated | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 separated | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | separate | present · passive | Two friends | a busy station | from friends's teacher | vn separate-23.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.co-patient»: subject=Patient from teacher=Co-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 is the best thing to do?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 thing | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 thing | amod |
| 5 | thing | thing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 do | mark |
| 7 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 thing | acl |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best thing | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | do | to-infinitive | the best thing not said here | vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1
Hide until the teacher finds them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Hide | hide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 5 finds | mark |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 teacher | det |
| 4 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 finds | nsubj |
| 5 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Hide | advcl |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 finds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hide | imperative | you not said here | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | find | present | the teacher | them = they | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Topic |
Option 2
Leave the station to look for the teacher
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 station | det |
| 3 | station | station | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Leave | obj |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 look | mark |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Leave | advcl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 teacher | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 teacher | det |
| 8 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | the station | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent station=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | you not said here | for the teacher | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for teacher=Theme |
Option 3
Get on any train that comes
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADP | _ | 4 train | case |
| 3 | any | any | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 train | det |
| 4 | train | train | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| 5 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 comes | nsubj |
| 6 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 train | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | any train | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent on train=Source | ||||
| 2 | come | present | any train | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Tell a member of staff and wait with them
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 member | det |
| 3 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 staff | case |
| 5 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 member | nmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 wait | cc |
| 7 | wait | wait | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 8 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 them | case |
| 9 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 wait | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a member of staff | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent member=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | wait | infinitive | you not said here | with them = they | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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