Test 1 · ★ · Lost outdoors
A boy in Oregon loses sight of his family on a forest trail and cannot see the path. What should he do first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy · What happens: lose, not see, sight, do · To what, where: sight, forest trail, path, family
This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 49 «Lost 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
Sentence 1: A boy in Oregon loses sight of his family on a forest trail and cannot see the path.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Oregon | case |
| 4 | Oregon | Oregon | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | loses | lose | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | sight | sight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | obj |
| 7 | of | of | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 family | nmod:poss |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sight | nmod |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 13 trail | case |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 trail | det |
| 12 | forest | forest | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 trail | compound |
| 13 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 loses | obl |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 see | cc |
| 15 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 see | aux |
| 16 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 see | advmod |
| 17 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 loses | conj |
| 18 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 19 path | det |
| 19 | path | path | NOUN | Number=Sing | 17 see | obj |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 loses | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present | a boy in Oregon | sight of boy's family | a forest trail | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sight=Eventuality | |||
| 2 | not see | can | a boy in Oregon not said here | the path | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer path=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | sight | boy's family | nom sight «cognition transitive»: of=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 should he do first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | boy | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Climb a tall tree to look for his family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Climb | climb | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 tree | det |
| 3 | tall | tall | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 tree | amod |
| 4 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Climb | obj |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 look | mark |
| 6 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Climb | advcl |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 family | case |
| 8 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 9 family | nmod:poss |
| 9 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | climb | imperative | you not said here | a tall tree | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tree=Theme | ||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | you not said here | for his family | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for family=Theme |
Option 2
Walk on to look for the car park
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Walk | walk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | on | on | ADV | _ | 1 Walk | advmod |
| 3 | to | to | PART | _ | 4 look | mark |
| 4 | look | look | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Walk | advcl |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 park | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 park | det |
| 7 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 park | compound |
| 8 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 look | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | walk on | imperative | you not said here | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | look | to-infinitive | you not said here | for the car park | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for park=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Stop, stay by a tree and blow his whistle
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Stop | stop | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 stay | punct |
| 3 | stay | stay | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 4 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 tree | case |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 tree | det |
| 6 | tree | tree | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 stay | obl |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 blow | cc |
| 8 | blow | blow | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Stop | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 whistle | nmod:poss |
| 10 | whistle | whistle | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 blow | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stop | imperative | you not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | stay | infinitive | you not said here | by a tree | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by tree=Location | ||||
| 3 | blow | infinitive | you not said here | his whistle | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent whistle=Patient | ||||
| 4 | whistle | his = he | nom whistle «event intransitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Go back the way he thinks he came, off the trail
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | back | back | ADV | _ | 1 Go | advmod |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 way | det |
| 4 | way | way | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl:unmarked |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 thinks | nsubj |
| 6 | thinks | think | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 way | acl:relcl |
| 7 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 came | nsubj |
| 8 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 6 thinks | ccomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 trail | punct |
| 10 | off | off | ADP | _ | 12 trail | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 trail | det |
| 12 | trail | trail | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Go | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | go back | imperative | you not said here | the way | off the trail | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Patient | |||
| 2 | think speech: other | present | he | the way not said here | vn consider-29.9-2 «NP V NP ADJ»: agent=Agent way=Attribute clause=Theme | ||||
| 3 | come | past | he | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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