--- title: man in a car asked me to help find his puppy — Your uh-oh feeling · tree and pragmatics description: man in a car asked me to help find his puppy Test 10 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/t10/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [Your uh-oh feeling](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/19-uh-oh-feeling/) / t10 # Test 10 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling man in a car asked me to help find his puppy **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** man · **What happens:** ask, help, find · **To what, where:** me, puppy This is test 10 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Your uh-oh feeling» 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/19-uh-oh-feeling/#t10). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t10:1 # text = man in a car asked me to help find his puppy 1 man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ _ 5 asked ask VERB VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 5 iobj _ _ 7 to to PART TO _ 8 mark _ _ 8 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 9 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 xcomp _ _ 10 his his PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 11 nmod:poss _ _ 11 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | past | man in a car | | me | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | man in a car *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | infinitive | man in a car *not said here* | man's puppy | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Topic | 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} Get in the car to look ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t10:o1:1 # text = Get in the car to look 1 Get get VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 advcl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | the car | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **look** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Say no and move away, adults ask adults ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t10:o2:1 # text = Say no and move away, adults ask adults 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 1 discourse _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 away away ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ SpaceAfter=No 6 , , PUNCT , _ 8 punct _ _ 7 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 nsubj _ _ 8 ask ask VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 9 adults adult NOUN NNS Number=Plur 8 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **move away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present | adults | | adults | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Ask him to show you photos ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t10:o3:1 # text = Ask him to show you photos 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ _ 3 to to PART TO _ 4 mark _ _ 4 show show VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 5 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 4 iobj _ _ 6 photos photo NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S\_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic | | 2 | **show** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | photos | you | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient photo=Topic | ### Option 4 {#o4} Help him, he sounds sad and it's only a puppy ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t10:o4:1 # text = Help him, he sounds sad and it's only a puppy 1 Help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 him he PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 5 sounds sound VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 parataxis _ _ 6 sad sad ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 xcomp _ _ 7 and and CCONJ CC _ 12 cc _ _ 8 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 12 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 9 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 12 cop _ _ 10 only only ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* | | him *= he* | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Beneficiary | | 2 | **sound** | present | he | | | | | sad *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus | | 3 | **is a** | present | it | a puppy | | | | | tree rules | **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. 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