Test 17 · Hiking and the outdoors

did u hear a family went hiking without telling anyone and got stuck for 3 days, the rescue helicopter found them

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, family, rescue helicopter · What happens: hear, go, hike, tell, get, find · To what, where: anyone, them · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 of lesson 47 «Hiking and the outdoors» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 family	det
5	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 went	nsubj
6	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	hiking	hike	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 went	xcomp
8	without	without	SCONJ	_	9 telling	mark
9	telling	tell	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 hiking	advcl
10	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	9 telling	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 got	cc
12	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 went	conj
13	stuck	stuck	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 got	xcomp
14	for	for	ADP	_	16 days	case
15	3	3	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	16 days	nummod
16	days	day	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 stuck	obl
17	,	,	PUNCT	_	21 found	punct
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 helicopter	det
19	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 helicopter	compound
20	helicopter	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 found	nsubj
21	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
22	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 found	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	go	past	a family				vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	hike	gerund	a family not said here				vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	tell speech: assert	gerund	a family not said here		anyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
5	get	past	a family not said here			stuck property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
6	find	past	the rescue helicopter	them = they			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Real lesson: tell someone your route and when you will be back before a hike

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	4 tell	punct
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 lesson	parataxis
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	4 tell	obj
6	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 route	nmod:poss
7	route	route	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 back	cc
9	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	13 back	advmod
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	13 back	nsubj
11	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 back	aux
12	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	13 back	cop
13	back	back	ADV	_	7 route	conj
14	before	before	ADP	_	16 hike	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 hike	det
16	hike	hike	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	infinitive		your route	someone		before a hike		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient route=Topic
2	is	future	you					back property	tree rules

Option 2

It proves families should hike only in cities

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 proves	nsubj
2	proves	prove	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	families	family	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hike	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 hike	aux
5	hike	hike	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 proves	ccomp
6	only	only	ADV	_	8 cities	advmod
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 cities	case
8	cities	city	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 hike	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	prove	present	It						vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	hike	should	families			cities			vn run-51.3.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in city=Trajectory

Option 3

Real lesson: helicopters always find lost people in under an hour, wherever they are

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 lesson	amod
2	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 find	punct
4	helicopters	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	nsubj
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 find	advmod
6	find	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 lesson	parataxis
7	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 people	amod
8	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 find	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	12 hour	case
10	under	under	ADP	_	12 hour	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 hour	det
12	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 find	obl
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 are	punct
14	wherever	wherever	ADV	PronType=Int	16 are	advmod
15	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 are	nsubj
16	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 find	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	find	present	helicopters	lost people	hour	always property	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Topic
2	lose	participle					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	does	present	helicopters = helicopter			wherever property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

It is gossip, so telling someone does not matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 gossip	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 gossip	cop
3	gossip	gossip	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 matter	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	10 matter	advmod
6	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 matter	csubj
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	6 telling	obj
8	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 matter	aux
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	10 matter	advmod
10	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 gossip	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	is a	present	It	gossip		tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund			someone	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent someone=Recipient
3	not matter	present · do-support	telling	gossip not said here		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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