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title: A car pulls up and the driver leans out to ask Sophie for directions… — Your uh-oh feeling · tree and pragmatics
description: A car pulls up and the driver leans out to ask Sophie for directions. She feels uh-oh. What should she do? Test 7 · ★★ 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 wron
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# Test 7 · ★★ · Your uh-oh feeling

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A car pulls up and the driver leans out to ask Sophie for directions. She feels uh-oh. What should she do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** car, driver · **What happens:** pull up, lean out, ask, feel, do · **To what, where:** Sophie

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This is test 7 · ★★ 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A car pulls up and the driver leans out to ask Sophie for directions.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t7:1
# text = A car pulls up and the driver leans out to ask Sophie for directions.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	pulls	pull	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	up	up	ADP	RP	_	3	compound:prt	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	8	cc	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nsubj	_	_
8	leans	lean	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
9	out	out	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
10	to	to	PART	TO	_	11	mark	_	_
11	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	advcl	_	_
12	Sophie	Sophie	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	11	obj	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	directions	direction	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	11	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **pull up** | present | a car |  |  |  |  |  | vn slide-11.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **lean out** | present | the driver |  |  |  |  | out *property* | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | the driver *not said here* |  | Sophie |  |  | for directions | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent sophie=Recipient |

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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:* She feels uh-oh.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t7:2
# text = She feels uh-oh.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	feels	feel	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	uh	uh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	-	-	PUNCT	HYPH	_	3	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	oh	oh	INTJ	UH	_	2	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **feel** | present | driver |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

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*Sentence 3:* What should she do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t7:3
# 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 | driver |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Step back, stay out of reach and walk away

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t7:o1:1
# text = Step back, stay out of reach and walk away
1	Step	step	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	back	back	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
3	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
5	out	out	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
6	of	of	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	reach	reach	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
8	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	9	cc	_	_
9	walk	walk	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	conj	_	_
10	away	away	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **step back** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **stay out** | infinitive | you *not said here* | reach |  |  |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V ADV»: agent=Theme reach=Location |
| 3 | **walk away** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | away *property* | vn resign-10.11-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Get in to show him the right way

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t7:o2:1
# text = Get in to show him the right way
1	Get	get	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	PART	TO	_	4	mark	_	_
4	show	show	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
5	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	iobj	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	8	amod	_	_
8	way	way	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **get in** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **show** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* | the right way | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Lean into the car to point on his map for him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t7:o3:1
# text = Lean into the car to point on his map for him
1	Lean	lean	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	into	into	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	point	point	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	on	on	ADP	IN	_	9	case	_	_
8	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	9	nmod:poss	_	_
9	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	obl	_	_
10	for	for	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	6	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lean** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the car |  |  | vn assuming\_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **point** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  | his map |  | for him *= he* | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice {#o4}

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Walk right up to the driver's window

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:19-uh-oh-feeling:t7:o4:1
# text = Walk right up to the driver's window
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	right	right	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	up	up	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
4	to	to	ADP	IN	_	3	fixed	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	driver	driver	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	nmod:poss	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	's	's	PART	POS	_	6	case	_	_
8	window	window	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | the driver's window |  | right *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme up window=Trajectory |

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