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title: Which person is the best choice for a lost child to ask? — What to do if you are lost · tree and pragmatics
description: Which person is the best choice for a lost child to ask? Test 7 · ★★ 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 was wrong.
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# Test 7 · ★★ · What to do if you are lost

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Which person is the best choice for a lost child to ask?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** person · **What happens:** be, lose, ask · **To what, where:** best choice

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t7:1
# text = Which person is the best choice for a lost child to ask?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	_
3	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	cop	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	best	good	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	6	amod	_	_
6	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
7	for	for	ADP	IN	_	10	case	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
9	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	10	amod	_	_
10	child	child	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nmod	_	_
11	to	to	PART	TO	_	12	mark	_	_
12	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	10	acl	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	6	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | which person | the best choice |  |  |  | for a lost child | tree rules |
| 2 | **lose** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | which person *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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A person who keeps following you around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t7:o1:1
# text = A person who keeps following you around
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	nsubj	_	_
4	keeps	keep	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	acl:relcl	_	_
5	following	follow	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	4	xcomp	_	_
6	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obj	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep around** | present | a person |  |  |  |  | around *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **follow** | gerund | a person *not said here* | you |  |  |  |  | vn chase-51.6 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A man waiting alone in a parked car

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t7:o2:1
# text = A man waiting alone in a parked car
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	man	man	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	waiting	wait	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	in	in	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	parked	park	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	8	amod	_	_
8	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | gerund | a man *not said here* |  |  | a parked car |  | alone *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in car=Location |
| 2 | **park** | participle |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn put-9.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Someone who offers you sweets or a lift

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t7:o3:1
# text = Someone who offers you sweets or a lift
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	0	root	_	_
2	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	3	nsubj	_	_
3	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	acl:relcl	_	_
4	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	iobj	_	_
5	sweets	sweet	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obj	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
7	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	lift	lift	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **offer** | present |  | sweets or a lift | you |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.goal NP»: agent=Agent you=Goal sweet=Theme |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A shop worker behind the counter

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:17-if-you-are-lost:t7:o4:1
# text = A shop worker behind the counter
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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**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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