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title: lost dad at the mall, we were near the fountain — Finding your way with landmarks · tree and pragmatics
description: lost dad at the mall, we were near the fountain Test 15 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova's choice was wrong.
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# Test 15 · Finding your way with landmarks

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lost dad at the mall, we were near the fountain

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** lose, be · **To what, where:** dad, mall, fountain

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This is test 15 of lesson 16 «Finding your way with landmarks» 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](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/everyday/16-landmarks/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t15:1
# text = lost dad at the mall, we were near the fountain
1	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	mall	mall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	11	punct	_	_
7	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
8	were	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	11	cop	_	_
9	near	near	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past |  | dad |  | the mall |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality |
| 2 | **is** | past | we |  |  | the fountain |  |  | tree rules |

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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 {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Go with anyone who offers a lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t15:o1:1
# text = Go with anyone who offers a lift
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | 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 |  | a lift |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent lift=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Leave the mall and wait by the car until he comes out

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t15:o2:1
# text = Leave the mall and wait by the car until he comes out
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	mall	mall	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	by	by	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	_
9	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	11	mark	_	_
10	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	nsubj	_	_
11	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
12	out	out	ADP	RP	_	11	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | the mall |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mall=Theme |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | by the car | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme by car=Location |
| 3 | **come out** | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn become-109.1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Stay or go back to the fountain and ask a worker

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t15:o3:1
# text = Stay or go back to the fountain and ask a worker
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	back	back	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	to	to	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	fountain	fountain	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **go back** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the fountain *result* | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient to fountain=Result |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a worker |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walk around until you see him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:16-landmarks:t15:o4:1
# text = Walk around until you see him
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	around	around	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
6	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk around** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | present | you | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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