Test 11 · Trusted adults and asking for help

lost mum in the shops, cant see her anywhere. who do i ask

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: lost shops · What happens: lose, see, ask · To what, where: mum, her

This is test 11 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 shops	amod
2	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 lost	obj
3	in	in	ADP	_	5 shops	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 shops	det
5	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 cant	punct
7	cant	cant	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 shops	conj
8	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shops	acl
9	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 see	obj
10	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	8 see	advmod
11	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 shops	punct
12	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 ask	nsubj
13	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 ask	aux
14	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	15 ask	nsubj
15	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 shops	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	participle		mum		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality
2	see	infinitive	the lost shops and cant not said here	her = she	anywhere property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
3	ask speech: ask	present · do-support	the lost shops and cant			vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Nobody, just leave the shop

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	4 leave	nsubj
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Nobody	punct
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 leave	advmod
4	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shop	det
6	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	infinitive	Nobody	the shop					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme

Option 2

Any person walking past outside the shop doors

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 person	det
2	person	person	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	walking	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 person	acl
4	past	past	ADV	_	3 walking	advmod
5	outside	outside	ADP	_	8 doors	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 doors	det
7	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 doors	compound
8	doors	door	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 walking	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	gerund	any person not said here			the shop doors		past property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside door=Trajectory

Option 3

The first car that stops for you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 car	det
2	first	first	ADJ	Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	3 car	amod
3	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 stops	nsubj
5	stops	stop	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 car	acl:relcl
6	for	for	ADP	_	7 you	case
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 stops	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	present	the first car					for you	vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

A shop worker at the counter or with a name badge

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 worker	det
2	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worker	compound
3	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	6 counter	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 counter	det
6	counter	counter	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worker	nmod
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	11 badge	cc
8	with	with	ADP	_	11 badge	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 badge	det
10	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 badge	compound
11	badge	badge	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 worker	conj

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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