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title: someone at school says if ur lost u gotta keep walking till u find u… — What to do if you are lost · tree and pragmatics
description: someone at school says if ur lost u gotta keep walking till u find ur parents or they'll leave without u Test 18 · ★★ 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; Mova's choice w
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# Test 18 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

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someone at school says if ur lost u gotta keep walking till u find ur parents or they'll leave without u

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** someone, lost u, parents, u · **What happens:** say, lose, keep, walk, leave, find · **To what, where:** parents · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 18 · ★★ 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/#t18).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t18:1
# text = someone at school says if ur lost u gotta keep walking till u find ur parents or they'll leave without u
1	someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	4	nsubj	_	_
2	at	at	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	school	school	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nmod	_	_
4	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	10	mark	_	_
6	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	u	u	X	GW	_	10	nsubj	_	_
9	gotta	gotta	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	keep	keep	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	ccomp	_	_
11	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	10	xcomp	_	_
12	till	till	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	u	u	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	14	nmod:poss	_	_
14	find	find	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	obl	_	_
15	ur	your	PRON	PRP$	Abbr=Yes|Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	16	nmod:poss	_	_
16	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obj	_	_
17	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	20	cc	_	_
18	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	20	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	'll	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	20	aux	_	_
20	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	conj	_	_
21	without	without	ADP	IN	_	22	case	_	_
22	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	20	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **keep** *a condition, not said to happen* | infinitive | ur's lost u |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **walk** | gerund | ur's lost u *not said here* | ur's parents |  |  | till u's find |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent parent=Agent |
| 5 | **leave** | future | parents *= parent* |  |  |  |  | without u | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 6 | **find** |  | u |  |  |  |  |  | nom find «cognition transitive»: poss=agent |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, walking is the fastest way back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t18:o1:1
# text = He is right, walking is the fastest way back
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
5	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	9	csubj	_	_
6	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
8	fastest	fast	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	9	amod	_	_
9	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	parataxis	_	_
10	back	back	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **walk** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is a** | present | walking | the fastest way |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, parents leave if you stay put

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t18:o2:1
# text = He is right, parents leave if you stay put
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	6	punct	_	_
5	parents	parent	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	nsubj	_	_
6	leave	leave	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	parataxis	_	_
7	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	advcl	_	_
10	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	9	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  |  |  | right *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **leave** | present | parents |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **stay** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **put** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
He is right, but only in shopping centres

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t18:o3:1
# text = He is right, but only in shopping centres
1	He	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
5	but	but	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
6	only	only	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	in	in	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	centres	centre	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | He |  |  | shopping centres |  | right *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
That is wrong; stay in one place, because searchers find a person who stays put faster

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```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t18:o4:1
# text = That is wrong; stay in one place, because searchers find a person who stays put faster
1	That	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	3	nsubj	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	5	punct	_	_
5	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	parataxis	_	_
6	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	8	nummod	_	_
8	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	12	punct	_	_
10	because	because	SCONJ	IN	_	12	mark	_	_
11	searchers	searcher	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	12	nsubj	_	_
12	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
13	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	12	obj	_	_
15	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	16	nsubj	_	_
16	stays	stay	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	acl:relcl	_	_
17	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	16	xcomp	_	_
18	faster	fast	ADV	RBR	Degree=Cmp	16	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | That |  |  |  |  | wrong *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **stay** | infinitive |  |  |  | one place |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 3 | **find** | present | searchers | a person |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent person=Topic |
| 4 | **stay** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | fast *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **put** | participle | a person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

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