Test 16 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

lost, can't find mum in the shop, too shy to ask anyone

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · What happens: lose, not find, ask · To what, where: mum, shop, anyone

This is test 16 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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 find	advcl
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 find	punct
3	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 find	aux
4	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 find	advmod
5	find	find	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 shop	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 shop	det
9	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 find	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 shy	punct
11	too	too	ADV	_	12 shy	advmod
12	shy	shy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 find	conj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 ask	mark
14	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 shy	advcl
15	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	lose	participle				vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not find	can	mum		the shop	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic
3	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		anyone		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient

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

Hide until closing time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Hide	hide	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	until	until	ADP	_	4 time	case
3	closing	closing	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 time	compound
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Hide	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hide	imperative	you not said here				time		vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Ask a shop worker or a parent with kids for help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 worker	det
3	shop	shop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worker	compound
4	worker	worker	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	7 parent	cc
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 parent	det
7	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 worker	conj
8	with	with	ADP	_	9 kids	case
9	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 parent	nmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 help	case
11	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here	a shop worker or a parent with kids				for help	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient

Option 3

Go with anyone at all who offers to give you a lift home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	with	with	ADP	_	3 anyone	case
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	1 Go	obl
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 all	case
5	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	3 anyone	nmod
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	7 offers	nsubj
7	offers	offer	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 anyone	acl:relcl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 give	mark
9	give	give	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 offers	xcomp
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 give	iobj
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 home	det
12	lift	lift	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 home	compound
13	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 give	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			with anyone	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with anyone=Beneficiary
2	offer	present					tree rules
3	give not said to happen	to-infinitive		a lift home	you		vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient home=Theme

Option 4

Leave and walk home alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Leave	leave	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 walk	cc
3	walk	walk	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Leave	conj
4	home	home	ADV	_	3 walk	advmod
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	3 walk	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	leave	imperative	you not said here						vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	walk	infinitive	you not said here					alone, home property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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