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description: A boy in Alaska loses his family on a forest trail. Which choice makes it most likely he is found quickly? Test 4 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option; Mova
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# Test 4 · ★ · Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking

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A boy in Alaska loses his family on a forest trail. Which choice makes it most likely he is found quickly?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** boy, choice · **What happens:** lose, make, find · **To what, where:** family, forest trail, choice

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This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 299 «Parks, playgrounds, woods and hiking» 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/299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking/#t4).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A boy in Alaska loses his family on a forest trail.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t4:1
# text = A boy in Alaska loses his family on a forest trail.
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	boy	boy	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Alaska	Alaska	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	loses	lose	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	7	nmod:poss	_	_
7	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	on	on	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	trail	trail	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present | a boy in Alaska | boy's family |  | a forest trail |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=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.

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*Sentence 2:* Which choice makes it most likely he is found quickly?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t4:2
# text = Which choice makes it most likely he is found quickly?
1	Which	which	DET	WDT	PronType=Int	2	det	_	_
2	choice	choice	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	makes	make	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	it	it	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	3	obj	_	_
5	most	most	ADV	RBS	Degree=Sup	6	advmod	_	_
6	likely	likely	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	_
7	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
8	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	9	aux:pass	_	_
9	found	find	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	advcl	_	_
10	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **make** | present | which choice | family |  |  |  |  | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset it=Product |
| 2 | **find** | present · passive |  | choice |  |  |  | likely, quickly *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Running to look for the car park

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t4:o1:1
# text = Running to look for the car park
1	Running	run	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	to	to	PART	TO	_	3	mark	_	_
3	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	xcomp	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run** | gerund |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality |
| 2 | **look** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | for the car park | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for park=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Climbing a tall tree to look around

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t4:o2:1
# text = Climbing a tall tree to look around
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	tall	tall	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
4	tree	tree	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	6	mark	_	_
6	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	1	advcl	_	_
7	around	around	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **climb** | gerund |  | a tall tree |  |  |  |  | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial\_Location tree=Theme |
| 2 | **look around** | to-infinitive |  |  |  |  |  | around *property* | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3}

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Staying in one place and blowing three whistle blasts

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t4:o3:1
# text = Staying in one place and blowing three whistle blasts
1	Staying	stay	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	0	root	_	_
2	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	one	one	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	4	nummod	_	_
4	place	place	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	blowing	blow	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	1	conj	_	_
7	three	three	NUM	CD	NumForm=Word|NumType=Card	9	nummod	_	_
8	whistle	whistle	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	compound	_	_
9	blasts	blast	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	6	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | gerund |  |  |  | one place |  |  | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in place=Location |
| 2 | **blow** | gerund |  | three whistle blasts |  |  |  |  | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent blast=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Walking downhill until he finds a river to follow out of the forest

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:299-parks-playgrounds-woods-and-hiking:t4:o4:1
# text = Walking downhill until he finds a river to follow out of the forest
1	Walking	walk	VERB	VBG	Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part	5	advcl	_	_
2	downhill	downhill	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	5	mark	_	_
4	he	he	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	5	nsubj	_	_
5	finds	find	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
7	river	river	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	obj	_	_
8	to	to	PART	TO	_	9	mark	_	_
9	follow	follow	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	advcl	_	_
10	out	out	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
11	of	of	ADP	IN	_	13	case	_	_
12	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
13	forest	forest	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | he *not said here* |  |  |  |  | downhill *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 2 | **find** | present | he | a river |  |  |  |  | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent river=Topic |
| 3 | **follow** | to-infinitive | he *not said here* |  |  | the forest |  |  | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme out forest=Location |

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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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