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title: lost my dad at the match, phone's dead — Money in town and staying safe in crowds · tree and pragmatics
description: lost my dad at the match, phone's dead Test 15 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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.
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# Test 15 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
lost my dad at the match, phone's dead

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 2 · wrong ✗ · **What happens:** lose · **To what, where:** dad, match

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This is test 15 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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/276-money-and-crowds-in-town/#t15).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t15:1
# text = lost my dad at the match, phone's dead
1	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	dad	dad	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	match	match	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	8	punct	_	_
8	phone	phone	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	conj	_	SpaceAfter=No
9	's	's	PART	POS	_	8	case	_	_
10	dead	dead	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	6	amod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  | my dad |  | the match and phone |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dad=Eventuality |

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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 {#o1}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go with anyone who says they know him and will take you to him

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t15:o1:1
# text = Go with anyone who says they know him and will take you to him
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	3	case	_	_
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	1	obl	_	_
4	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	they	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	_
7	know	know	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	ccomp	_	_
8	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	obj	_	_
9	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
10	will	will	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	11	aux	_	_
11	take	take	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
12	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	11	obj	_	_
13	to	to	ADP	IN	_	14	case	_	_
14	him	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	11	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | with anyone | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with anyone=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **say** *speech: assert* | present |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 3 | **know** | present | they | him *= he* |  |  |  |  | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer he=Stimulus |
| 4 | **take** | future | you *not said here* | you | him *= he* |  |  |  | vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent you=Theme to he=Destination |

### Option 2 · ✓ the right answer {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Go to the meeting point or ask a steward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t15:o2:1
# text = Go to the meeting point or ask a steward
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
3	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
4	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	compound	_	_
5	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	7	cc	_	_
7	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
8	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	9	det	_	_
9	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	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* |  |  | the meeting point |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial\_location»: agent=Theme to point=Initial\_Location |
| 2 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a steward |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent steward=Recipient |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Hide and wait till it's over

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t15:o3:1
# text = Hide and wait till it's over
1	Hide	hide	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	wait	wait	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	7	mark	_	_
5	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	7	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	7	cop	_	_
7	over	over	ADV	RB	_	3	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **wait** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **is** | present | it |  |  |  |  | over *property* | tree rules |

### Option 4 {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Leave and walk home

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:276-money-and-crowds-in-town:t15:o4:1
# text = Leave and walk home
1	Leave	leave	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	3	cc	_	_
3	walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
4	home	home	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=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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