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description: everyone's saying the boy who got lost walking home is "too dumb to read a map". pass it on? Test 19 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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 w
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# Test 19 · ★★ · Railway crossings, maps and addresses

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everyone's saying the boy who got lost walking home is "too dumb to read a map". pass it on?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** everyone, boy · **What happens:** say, lose, walk, be, read, pass on · **To what, where:** boy, home, map · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 19 · ★★ of lesson 275 «Railway crossings, maps and addresses» 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/275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses/#t19).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t19:1
# text = everyone's saying the boy who got lost walking home is "too dumb to read a map". pass it on?
1	everyone	everyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Tot	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux	_	_
3	saying	say	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	14	nsubj	_	_
6	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	8	nsubj	_	_
7	got	get	AUX	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	8	aux:pass	_	_
8	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	acl:relcl	_	_
9	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	8	advcl	_	_
10	home	home	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obj	_	_
11	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	14	cop	_	_
12	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	too	too	ADV	RB	_	14	advmod	_	_
14	dumb	dumb	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	ccomp	_	_
15	to	to	PART	TO	_	16	mark	_	_
16	read	read	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	14	advcl	_	_
17	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	18	det	_	_
18	map	map	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	16	obj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	14	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
20	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
21	pass	pass	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	3	advcl	_	_
22	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	21	obj	_	_
23	on	on	ADP	RP	_	21	compound:prt	_	SpaceAfter=No
24	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present · progressive | everyone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **lose** | past · passive |  | the boy |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
| 3 | **walk** | gerund |  | home |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme home=Trajectory |
| 4 | **is** *in a quote* | present | the boy |  |  |  |  | dumb *property* | tree rules |
| 5 | **read** *in a quote* | to-infinitive | the boy *not said here* | a map |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent map=Topic |
| 6 | **pass on** | infinitive | everyone *not said here* | map |  |  |  |  | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |

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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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No, that's unkind; just learn to stop and go somewhere safe

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t19:o1:1
# text = No, that's unkind; just learn to stop and go somewhere safe
1	No	no	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Neg	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	5	punct	_	_
3	that	that	PRON	DT	Number=Sing|PronType=Dem	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	unkind	unkind	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	;	;	PUNCT	:	_	8	punct	_	_
7	just	just	ADV	RB	_	8	advmod	_	_
8	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	conj	_	_
9	to	to	PART	TO	_	10	mark	_	_
10	stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	xcomp	_	_
11	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	12	cc	_	_
12	go	go	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	8	conj	_	_
13	somewhere	somewhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	12	advmod	_	_
14	safe	safe	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	12	xcomp	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | that |  |  |  |  | unkind *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **learn** | infinitive | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **stop** | to-infinitive | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
| 4 | **go** | infinitive | that *not said here* |  |  |  |  | safe, somewhere *property* | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Yes, it's true so it's fine

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t19:o2:1
# text = Yes, it's true so it's fine
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	5	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	cop	_	_
5	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
6	so	so	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	expl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	cop	_	_
9	fine	fine	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	5	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | true *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **is** | present |  |  |  |  |  | fine *property* | tree rules |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Yes, and say it to his face

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t19:o3:1
# text = Yes, and say it to his face
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	say	say	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obj	_	_
6	to	to	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
7	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	8	nmod:poss	_	_
8	face	face	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | it | his face |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to face=Recipient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Yes, and laugh about it at lunch

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:275-railway-crossings-maps-and-addresses:t19:o4:1
# text = Yes, and laugh about it at lunch
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	UH	Polarity=Pos	4	discourse	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	4	punct	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	laugh	laugh	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
5	about	about	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
6	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	obl	_	_
7	at	at	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
8	lunch	lunch	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **laugh** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | lunch |  | about it | vn nonverbal\_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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