Test 2 · A stranger's story
Man in a car: «Hey buddy, help me find my puppy?» Best answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: buddy, me · What happens: help, find · To what, where: me, puppy
This is test 2 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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: Man in a car: «Hey buddy, help me find my puppy?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 buddy | nsubj |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 car | case |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 car | det |
| 4 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Man | nmod |
| 5 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 buddy | punct |
| 6 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 buddy | punct |
| 7 | Hey | hey | INTJ | _ | 8 buddy | discourse |
| 8 | buddy | buddy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 help | punct |
| 10 | help | help | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 8 buddy | acl |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 help | obj |
| 12 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 help | xcomp |
| 13 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 puppy | nmod:poss |
| 14 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 find | obj |
| 15 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 buddy | punct |
| 16 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 buddy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help in a quote | infinitive | buddy not said here | me | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find in a quote | infinitive | me not said here | my puppy | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Topic |
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: Best answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 2 answer | amod |
| 2 | answer | answer | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 answer | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
«Only if he's a nice puppy»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 puppy | punct |
| 2 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 8 puppy | advmod |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 puppy | mark |
| 4 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 puppy | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 puppy | cop |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 puppy | det |
| 7 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 puppy | amod |
| 8 | puppy | puppy | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 puppy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a in a quote | present | he | a nice puppy | tree rules |
Option 2
«I'll get in and look»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 get | nsubj |
| 3 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 get | aux |
| 4 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADV | _ | 4 get | advmod |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 look | cc |
| 7 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 get | conj |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 4 get | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in in a quote | future | I | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | look in a quote | infinitive | I not said here | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
«Ask a grown-up» — and move away
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 2 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 grown | det |
| 4 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 Ask | obj |
| 5 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 6 up | punct |
| 6 | up | up | ADP | _ | 4 grown | compound |
| 7 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 8 | — | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 Ask | punct |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 move | cc |
| 10 | move | move | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 Ask | conj |
| 11 | away | away | ADV | _ | 10 move | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask in a quote | imperative | you not said here | a grown | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | move away | infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme |
Option 4
«Sure, where did he go?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 2 | Sure | sure | INTJ | _ | 7 go | discourse |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 4 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 7 go | advmod |
| 5 | did | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 go | aux |
| 6 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 go | nsubj |
| 7 | go | go | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| 9 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 7 go | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go in a quote | past · do-support | he | vn 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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