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description: Mia, 9, has lost her family at a theme park in Florida. A staff member in uniform asks if she is lost. What should she do? Test 1 · ★★ of lesson 17 «What to do if you are lost» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option
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# Test 1 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

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Mia, 9, has lost her family at a theme park in Florida. A staff member in uniform asks if she is lost. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** staff member, member · **What happens:** lose, ask, do · **To what, where:** Mia, theme park, member

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This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 17 «What to do if you are lost» 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/17-if-you-are-lost/#t1).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* Mia, 9, has lost her family at a theme park in Florida.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t1:1
# text = Mia, 9, has lost her family at a theme park in Florida.
1	Mia	Mia	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	3	punct	_	_
3	9	9	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	1	appos	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
5	has	have	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux	_	_
6	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
10	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
11	theme	theme	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	compound	_	_
12	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
13	in	in	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	Florida	Florida	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	12	nmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · perfect · passive |  | Mia |  | a theme park in Florida |  |  | 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.

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*Sentence 2:* A staff member in uniform asks if she is lost.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t1:2
# text = A staff member in uniform asks if she is lost.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	uniform	uniform	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
6	asks	ask	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
8	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	10	aux:pass	_	_
10	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	6	ccomp	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | a staff member in uniform |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** *a condition, not said to happen* | present · passive |  | member |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

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*Sentence 3:* What should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t1:3
# text = What should she do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | should | member |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Run away because staff are strangers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t1:o1:1
# text = Run away because staff are strangers
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	away	away	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	staff	staff	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
5	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
6	strangers	stranger	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run away** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **is a** | present | staff | strangers |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

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Tell her name and her parent's phone number

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t1:o2:1
# text = Tell her name and her parent's phone number
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
5	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	6	nmod:poss	_	_
6	parent	parent	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	number	number	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | her name |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent name=Recipient |
| 2 | **name** |  | her *= she* |  |  |  |  |  | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Say nothing until her parents find her

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t1:o3:1
# text = Say nothing until her parents find her
1	Say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	1	obj	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	6	mark	_	_
4	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
7	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | present | her parents | her *= she* |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Topic |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Ask the staff member to take her home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t1:o4:1
# text = Ask the staff member to take her home
1	Ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	staff	staff	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	member	member	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	take	take	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	ccomp	_	_
7	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | the staff member |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent member=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **take** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive |  | her home |  |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent home=Theme |

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