Test 5 · Trusted adults and asking for help

Tom is lost at a busy fair in Colorado. What is the safest plan?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: safest plan · What happens: lose, be · To what, where: Tom, busy fair

This is test 5 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

Sentence 1: Tom is lost at a busy fair in Colorado.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tom	Tom	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 lost	nsubj:pass
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 lost	aux:pass
3	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	at	at	ADP	_	7 fair	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fair	det
6	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fair	amod
7	fair	fair	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 lost	obl
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 Colorado	case
9	Colorado	Colorado	PROPN	Number=Sing	7 fair	obl
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		Tom		a busy fair			vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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 is the safest plan?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

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

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

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Get into a car with someone who offers a lift and says they know his mum

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	into	into	ADP	_	4 car	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 car	det
4	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl
5	with	with	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Get	obl
7	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 offers	nsubj
8	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 someone	acl:relcl
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 lift	det
10	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 offers	obj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 says	cc
12	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 offers	conj
13	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 know	nsubj
14	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 says	ccomp
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 mum	nmod:poss
16	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here		a car	with someone	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into car=Destination
2	offer	present		a lift			vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lift=Theme
3	say speech: assert	present					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	know	present	they	his mum			vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer mum=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Find a police officer or a stall worker and give them his parent's number

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 officer	det
3	police	police	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 officer	compound
4	officer	officer	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Find	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 worker	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 worker	det
7	stall	stall	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 worker	compound
8	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 officer	conj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 give	cc
10	give	give	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Find	conj
11	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 give	iobj
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 parent	nmod:poss
13	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 number	nmod:poss
14	's	's	PART	_	13 parent	case
15	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	imperative	you not said here	a police officer or a stall worker					vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent officer=Topic
2	give	infinitive	you not said here	his parent's number	officer				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Recipient number=Theme

Option 3

Hide behind a tent until it gets dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gets	nsubj
2	behind	behind	ADP	_	4 tent	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 tent	det
4	tent	tent	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	nmod
5	until	until	SCONJ	_	7 gets	mark
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 gets	nsubj
7	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 gets	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Hide behind a tent					dark property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 4

Walk home on his own along the main road

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	home	home	ADV	_	1 Walk	advmod
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 own	case
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 own	nmod:poss
5	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Walk	obl
6	along	along	ADP	_	9 road	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 road	det
8	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 road	amod
9	road	road	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	walk	imperative	you not said here			his own		along the main road; home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme on own=Trajectory

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