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title: lost my family at the parade and we never picked a meeting spot — Good manners and safety in town: shops… · tree and pragmatics
description: lost my family at the parade and we never picked a meeting spot Test 13 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and crowds» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each option;
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# Test 13 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

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lost my family at the parade and we never picked a meeting spot

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** we · **What happens:** lose, not pick · **To what, where:** family, parade, meeting spot

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This is test 13 of lesson 311 «Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the library, the doctor and 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/311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town/#t13).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t13:1
# text = lost my family at the parade and we never picked a meeting spot
1	lost	lose	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	3	nmod:poss	_	_
3	family	family	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	parade	parade	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
8	we	we	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Plur|Person=1|PronType=Prs	10	nsubj	_	_
9	never	never	ADV	RB	PronType=Neg	10	advmod	_	_
10	picked	pick	VERB	VBD	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=1|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
11	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	13	det	_	_
12	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	13	compound	_	_
13	spot	spot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	10	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | past |  | my family |  | the parade |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent family=Eventuality |
| 2 | **not** **pick** | past | we | a meeting spot |  |  |  |  | vn chew-39.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent spot=Patient |

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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}

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Walk home alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t13:o1:1
# text = Walk home alone
1	Walk	walk	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	home	home	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Go with a stranger who offers

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t13:o2:1
# text = Go with a stranger who offers
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	stranger	stranger	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
5	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	6	nsubj	_	_
6	offers	offer	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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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 a stranger | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with stranger=Beneficiary |
| 2 | **offer** | present | a stranger |  |  |  |  |  | vn future\_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Keep running through the crowd till you spot them yourself

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t13:o3:1
# text = Keep running through the crowd till you spot them yourself
1	Keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	running	run	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	1	xcomp	_	_
3	through	through	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	crowd	crowd	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	_
6	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	spot	spot	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	yourself	yourself	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=2|PronType=Prs|Reflex=Yes	8	obl	_	_
```

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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 | **run** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  | the crowd |  |  | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme through crowd=Trajectory |
| 3 | **spot** | present | you | them *= they* |  |  |  | yourself *obl* | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent they=Destination |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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Stay put and ask a police officer or a steward

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t13:o4:1
# text = Stay put and ask a police officer or a steward
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	put	put	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	1	xcomp	_	_
3	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	4	cc	_	_
4	ask	ask	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	1	conj	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
8	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	10	cc	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	10	det	_	_
10	steward	steward	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	conj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 2 | **put** | participle | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | infinitive | you *not said here* | a police officer or a steward |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent officer=Recipient |

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