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Test 9 · A stranger's story

Crying woman: «lost me purse, need a tenner for the train». What's the kindest safe thing?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kindest safe thing · What happens: cry, lose, need, be · To what, where: woman, me, tenner · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 9 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: Crying woman: «lost me purse, need a tenner for the train».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Crying	cry	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 need	advcl
2	woman	woman	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Crying	obj
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	5 lost	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	5 lost	punct
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	1 Crying	conj
6	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	5 lost	obj
7	purse	purse	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Crying	punct
9	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 tenner	det
11	tenner	tenner	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 need	obj
12	for	for	ADP	_	14 train	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 train	det
14	train	train	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 tenner	nmod
15	»	»	PUNCT	_	14 train	punct
16	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 need	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cry speech: express	gerund		woman					vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent woman=Topic
2	lose in a quote	past		me					tree rules
3	need in a quote	present		a tenner				for the train	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot tenner=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's the kindest safe thing?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 thing	det
4	kindest	kind	ADJ	Degree=Sup	6 thing	amod
5	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 thing	amod
6	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the kindest safe thing						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Take her to a station worker or police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Take	obj
3	to	to	ADP	_	6 worker	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 worker	det
5	station	station	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worker	compound
6	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Take	obl
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 police	cc
8	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 worker	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	take	imperative	you not said here	her = she		a station worker or police			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent she=Theme to worker=Destination

Option 2

Walk away and tell no-one

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	away	away	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	and	and	CCONJ	_	4 tell	cc
4	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Walk	conj
5	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	7 one	det
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 no	punct
7	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	4 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk away	imperative	you not said here					away property	vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here	no one					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent one=Recipient

Option 3

Walk her home yourself, holding her hand

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Walk	obj
3	home	home	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	1 Walk	obl
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 holding	punct
6	holding	hold	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	1 Walk	advcl
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 hand	nmod:poss
8	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 holding	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here	her = she				yourself obl; home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Agent
2	hold	gerund	you not said here	her hand					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Give her all your pocket money

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Give	iobj
3	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	6 money	det:predet
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 money	nmod:poss
5	pocket	pocket	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 money	compound
6	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	imperative	you not said here	your pocket money	her = she				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient money=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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