Test 13 · Trusted adults and asking for help

whats ur address kiddo, do u know it? why does it matter

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: whats · What happens: know, matter · To what, where: kiddo

This is test 13 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	whats	what	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 know	nsubj
2	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 kiddo	nmod:poss
3	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 kiddo	compound
4	kiddo	kiddo	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 whats	nmod
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 whats	punct
6	do	do	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 know	aux
7	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 know	obj
10	?	?	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
11	why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	14 matter	advmod
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 matter	aux
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 matter	expl
14	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 know	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	know	infinitive · do-support	whats ur's address kiddo	kiddo					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus
2	matter	present · do-support		kiddo					vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

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 · ✓ the right answer

You need it so helpers can find you or take you home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 need	nsubj
2	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 need	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 find	mark
5	helpers	helper	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 find	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 find	aux
7	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 need	advcl
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 find	obj
9	or	or	CCONJ	_	10 take	cc
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 find	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 take	obj
12	home	home	ADV	_	10 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	need	present	You	it			vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme
2	find	can	helpers	you			vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Topic
3	take	infinitive	helpers not said here		you	home property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP ADVP»: agent=Instrument you=Destination

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Kids never need to know their address

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 need	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 know	mark
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 address	nmod:poss
7	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not need	present	Kids		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	know not said to happen	to-infinitive	Kids not said here	Kids's address	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer address=Stimulus
3	address		Kids = kid		nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It matters only for grown-ups, not for kids, who always have someone with them

The tree, 15 words

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 matters	nsubj
2	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 ups	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 ups	case
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ups	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 matters	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 have	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	15 have	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 kids	case
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	15 have	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 have	punct
13	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	15 have	nsubj
14	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	15 have	advmod
15	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 matters	parataxis
16	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 have	obj
17	with	with	ADP	_	18 them	case
18	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 someone	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	matter	present	It		for grown ups	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	not have	present		someone	for kids; with kids = kid; always property	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent someone=Patient

Option 4

It only matters for getting post

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 matters	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 matters	advmod
3	matters	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	for	for	SCONJ	_	5 getting	mark
5	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 matters	advcl
6	post	post	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 getting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	matter	present	It						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	get	gerund		post					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer post=Stimulus

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