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title: my mate says his family "lost each other at the fair for 6 hours". w… — Good manners and safety in town: shops… · tree and pragmatics
description: my mate says his family "lost each other at the fair for 6 hours". what's the true bit to learn Test 17 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 
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# Test 17 · Good manners and safety in town: shops, restaurants, the l…

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my mate says his family "lost each other at the fair for 6 hours". what's the true bit to learn

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**Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 1 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** mate, family · **What happens:** say, lose, be, learn · **To what, where:** other, fair, true bit · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 17 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/#t17).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t17:1
# text = my mate says his family "lost each other at the fair for 6 hours". what's the true bit to learn
1	my	my	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	2	nmod:poss	_	_
2	mate	mate	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nsubj	_	_
3	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
4	his	his	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	family	family	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	nsubj	_	_
6	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	7	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	3	ccomp	_	_
8	each	each	DET	DT	PronType=Tot	9	det	_	_
9	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	7	obj	_	_
10	at	at	ADP	IN	_	12	case	_	_
11	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	12	det	_	_
12	fair	fair	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	obl	_	_
13	for	for	ADP	IN	_	15	case	_	_
14	6	6	NUM	CD	NumForm=Digit|NumType=Card	15	nummod	_	_
15	hours	hour	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	7	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
16	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	15	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
17	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
18	what	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	22	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
19	's	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	22	cop	_	_
20	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	22	det	_	_
21	true	true	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	22	amod	_	_
22	bit	bit	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	ccomp	_	_
23	to	to	PART	TO	_	24	mark	_	_
24	learn	learn	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	22	acl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | my mate |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **lose** *in a quote* | participle | mate's family | each other |  | the fair | hour |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent other=Eventuality |
| 3 | **is a** | present |  | the true bit |  |  |  |  | tree rules |
| 4 | **learn** | to-infinitive | my mate *not said here* |  |  |  |  |  | vn learn-14-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Agree a meeting point first so you find each other fast

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t17:o1:1
# text = Agree a meeting point first so you find each other fast
1	Agree	agree	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
3	meeting	meeting	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	point	point	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
5	first	first	ADV	RB	NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	1	advmod	_	_
6	so	so	SCONJ	IN	_	8	mark	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	8	nsubj	_	_
8	find	find	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	1	advcl	_	_
9	each	each	DET	DT	ExtPos=PRON|PronType=Rcp	8	obj	_	_
10	other	other	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	9	fixed	_	_
11	fast	fast	ADV	RB	Degree=Pos	8	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **agree** *speech: agree* | imperative | you *not said here* | a meeting point |  |  |  | first *property* | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent point=Topic |
| 2 | **find** | present | you | each |  |  |  | fast *property* | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent each=Topic |

### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Only little kids get lost at fairs

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t17:o2:1
# text = Only little kids get lost at fairs
1	Only	only	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
2	little	little	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	3	amod	_	_
3	kids	kid	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	nsubj:pass	_	_
4	get	get	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	aux:pass	_	_
5	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
6	at	at	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	fairs	fair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | little kids |  | fairs |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |

### Option 3 {#o3}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
Just keep walking round and round till you bump into them

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t17:o3:1
# text = Just keep walking round and round till you bump into them
1	Just	just	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
2	keep	keep	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	xcomp	_	_
4	round	round	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	and	and	CCONJ	CC	_	6	cc	_	_
6	round	round	ADV	RB	_	4	conj	_	_
7	till	till	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
8	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	9	nsubj	_	_
9	bump	bump	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	advcl	_	_
10	into	into	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
11	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	9	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 | **walk** | gerund | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | round *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **bump** | present | you |  |  |  |  | into them *= they* | vn bump-18.4-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme into they=Location |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Fairs are too big to ever meet up

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:311-good-manners-and-safety-in-town:t17:o4:1
# text = Fairs are too big to ever meet up
1	Fairs	fair	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	4	nsubj	_	_
2	are	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	cop	_	_
3	too	too	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	0	root	_	_
5	to	to	PART	TO	_	7	mark	_	_
6	ever	ever	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	7	advmod	_	_
7	meet	meet	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	4	advcl	_	_
8	up	up	ADP	RP	_	7	compound:prt	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **is** | present | Fairs |  |  |  |  | big *property* | tree rules |
| 2 | **meet up** | to-infinitive | Fairs *not said here* |  |  |  | ever |  | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

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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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