Test 3 · ★ · Facing fears
A girl in Arizona is lost at a big theme park. Who is a good person to ask for help?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: lose, be, ask · To what, where: girl, big theme park, good person
This is test 3 · ★ of lesson 90 «Facing fears» 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 girl in Arizona is lost at a big theme park.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 girl | det |
| 2 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Arizona | case |
| 4 | Arizona | Arizona | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 girl | nmod |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux:pass |
| 6 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 park | case |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 park | det |
| 9 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 park | amod |
| 10 | theme | theme | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 park | compound |
| 11 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 lost | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose | present · passive | a girl in Arizona | a big theme park | 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: Who is a good person to ask for help?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 5 person | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 person | cop |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 4 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 person | amod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 person | acl |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 9 help | case |
| 9 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | obl |
| 10 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 person | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | a good person | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | to-infinitive | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Nobody; she should keep wandering around until she finds her family
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 2 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 1 Nobody | punct |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 keep | nsubj |
| 4 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 keep | aux |
| 5 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | wandering | wonder | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keep | xcomp |
| 7 | around | around | ADV | _ | 6 wandering | advmod |
| 8 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 10 finds | mark |
| 9 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 finds | nsubj |
| 10 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 keep | advcl |
| 11 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 family | nmod:poss |
| 12 | family | family | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 finds | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | should | Nobody | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | wonder around speech: ask | gerund | Nobody not said here | around property | vn care-88.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 3 | find | present | she | her family | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Topic |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
A staff member or a parent with children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 member | det |
| 2 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 member | compound |
| 3 | member | member | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 parent | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 parent | det |
| 6 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 member | conj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 8 children | case |
| 8 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 parent | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3
The first teenager she sees
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 teenager | det |
| 2 | first | first | ADJ | Degree=Pos NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 3 teenager | amod |
| 3 | teenager | teenager | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 sees | nsubj |
| 5 | sees | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 teenager | acl:relcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | present | she | the first teenager not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer teenager=Stimulus |
Option 4
A person in a car outside the gate
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 person | det |
| 2 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 car | case |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 car | det |
| 5 | car | car | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 person | nmod |
| 6 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 8 gate | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 gate | det |
| 8 | gate | gate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 person | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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