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title: did u hear a girl was looking after her little brother at the park,… — Younger children, losing and practising · tree and pragmatics
description: did u hear a girl was looking after her little brother at the park, looked at her phone, and he wandered off to the pond? real lesson? Test 16 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the q
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# Test 16 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

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did u hear a girl was looking after her little brother at the park, looked at her phone, and he wandered off to the pond? real lesson?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** u, girl, he · **What happens:** hear, look, wander off · **To what, where:** real lesson, pond · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 251 «Younger children, losing and practising» 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/251-younger-children-losing-and-practising/#t16).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t16:1
# text = did u hear a girl was looking after her little brother at the park, looked at her phone, and he wandered off to the pond? real lesson?
1	did	do	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
2	u	you	PRON	PRP	Abbr=Yes|Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	_
3	hear	hear	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	girl	girl	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	was	be	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	aux	_	_
7	looking	look	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	3	ccomp	_	_
8	after	after	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	11	nmod:poss	_	_
10	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	11	amod	_	_
11	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
12	at	at	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
13	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	14	det	_	_
14	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
15	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	16	punct	_	_
16	looked	look	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	7	conj	_	_
17	at	at	ADP	IN	_	19	case	_	_
18	her	her	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	19	nmod:poss	_	_
19	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	23	punct	_	_
21	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	23	cc	_	_
22	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	23	nsubj	_	_
23	wandered	wander	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	3	conj	_	_
24	off	off	ADP	RP	_	23	compound:prt	_	_
25	to	to	ADP	IN	_	27	case	_	_
26	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	27	det	_	_
27	pond	pond	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
28	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	30	punct	_	_
29	real	real	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	30	amod	_	_
30	lesson	lesson	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	23	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
31	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hear** | past · do-support | u |  |  |  |  |  | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 2 | **look** | past · progressive | a girl |  |  |  | after girl's little brother | at the park | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at park=Theme |
| 3 | **look** | past | a girl *not said here* |  |  |  |  | at girl's phone | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at phone=Theme |
| 4 | **wander off** | past | he | real lesson |  | the pond |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme to pond=Destination |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Keep little ones in sight every moment

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t16:o1:1
# text = Keep little ones in sight every moment
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	1	obj	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	sight	sight	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	every	every	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	7	det	_	_
7	moment	moment	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* | little ones |  | sight | moment |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent one=Theme in sight=Location |

### Option 2 {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Little ones always stay put

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t16:o2:1
# text = Little ones always stay put
1	Little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	2	amod	_	_
2	ones	one	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
3	always	always	ADV	RB	PronType=Tot	4	advmod	_	_
4	stay	stay	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	4	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | present | Little ones |  |  |  |  | always *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | participle | Little ones *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Ponds are safe for toddlers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t16:o3:1
# text = Ponds are safe for toddlers
1	Ponds	pond	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
5	toddlers	toddler	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 | Ponds |  |  |  |  | for toddlers; safe *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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It's fine to check your phone briefly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t16:o4:1
# text = It's fine to check your phone briefly
1	It	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	cop	_	_
3	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	check	check	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	csubj	_	_
6	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	briefly	briefly	ADV	RB	_	5	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **check** | to-infinitive |  | your phone |  |  |  | briefly *property* | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Theme |

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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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