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title: You took your little brother to the park and now you cannot see him.… — Younger children, losing and practising · tree and pragmatics
description: You took your little brother to the park and now you cannot see him. What is the right first step? Test 4 · ★ 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 question and of each option; Mova's ch
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# Test 4 · ★ · Younger children, losing and practising

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You took your little brother to the park and now you cannot see him. What is the right first step?

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**Mova's choice:** option 3 · **The right answer:** option 3 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** You, right first step · **What happens:** take, not see, be · **To what, where:** little brother, park, him

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This is test 4 · ★ 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/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You took your little brother to the park and now you cannot see him.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t4:1
# text = You took your little brother to the park and now you cannot see him.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	took	take	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
4	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	amod	_	_
5	brother	brother	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	14	cc	_	_
10	now	now	ADV	RB	PronType=Dem	14	advmod	_	_
11	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	14	nsubj	_	_
12	can	can	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	14	aux	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	not	not	PART	RB	Polarity=Neg	14	advmod	_	_
14	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	conj	_	_
15	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	14	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **take** | past | You | your little brother |  | the park |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent brother=Theme to park=Destination |
| 2 | **not** **see** | can | you | him *= he* |  |  | now |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |

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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:* What is the right first step?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t4:2
# text = What is the right first step?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	0	root	_	_
2	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	cop	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
4	right	right	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
5	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	6	amod	_	_
6	step	step	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	1	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is a** | present | the right first step |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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Keep looking alone and tell nobody

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t4:o1:1
# text = Keep looking alone and tell nobody
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	looking	look	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	5	cc	_	_
5	tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
6	nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	5	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **keep** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **look** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | alone *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
| 3 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* |  | nobody |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nobody=Recipient |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Wait an hour to see if he comes back

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t4:o2:1
# text = Wait an hour to see if he comes back
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
2	an	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
3	hour	hour	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl:unmarked	_	_
4	to	to	PART	TO	_	5	mark	_	_
5	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
6	if	if	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	comes	come	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
9	back	back	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **wait** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  | hour |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **see** | to-infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus |
| 3 | **come back** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | he |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Tell the nearest adult immediately

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t4:o3:1
# text = Tell the nearest adult immediately
1	Tell	tell	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	nearest	near	ADJ	JJS	Degree=Sup	4	amod	_	_
4	adult	adult	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	immediately	immediately	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* |  | the nearest adult |  |  | immediately *property* | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go home and say nothing

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:251-younger-children-losing-and-practising:t4:o4:1
# text = Go home and say nothing
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	nothing	nothing	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | nothing |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |

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