--- title: Man in a car: «Hey buddy, help me find my puppy?» Best answer? — A stranger's story · tree and pragmatics description: Man in a car: «Hey buddy, help me find my puppy?» Best answer? Test 2 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/446-a-strangers-story/t2/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [questions](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/) / [Everyday](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/) / [A stranger's story](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/446-a-strangers-story/) / t2 # Test 2 · A stranger's story Man in a car: «Hey buddy, help me find my puppy?» Best answer? **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 3 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** buddy, me · **What happens:** help, find · **To what, where:** me, puppy This is test 2 of lesson 446 «A stranger's story» 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/446-a-strangers-story/#t2). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* Man in a car: «Hey buddy, help me find my puppy?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t2:1 # text = Man in a car: «Hey buddy, help me find my puppy?» 1 Man man NOUN NN Number=Sing 8 nsubj _ _ 2 in in ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 car car NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 nmod _ SpaceAfter=No 5 : : PUNCT : _ 8 punct _ _ 6 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 7 Hey hey INTJ UH _ 8 discourse _ _ 8 buddy buddy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 , , PUNCT , _ 10 punct _ _ 10 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 8 acl _ _ 11 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 10 obj _ _ 12 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 10 xcomp _ _ 13 my my PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Number=Sing|Person=1|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 14 nmod:poss _ _ 14 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 ? ? PUNCT . _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 16 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** *in a quote* | infinitive | buddy *not said here* | me | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent i=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **find** *in a quote* | infinitive | me *not said here* | my puppy | | | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Topic | 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. *Sentence 2:* Best answer? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t2:2 # text = Best answer? 1 Best good ADJ JJS Degree=Sup 2 amod _ _ 2 answer answer NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 3 ? ? PUNCT . _ 2 punct _ _ ``` The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence. ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice {#o1} «Only if he's a nice puppy» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t2:o1:1 # text = «Only if he's a nice puppy» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 8 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Only only ADV RB _ 8 advmod _ _ 3 if if SCONJ IN _ 8 mark _ _ 4 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 8 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 's be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 8 cop _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 nice nice ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 8 amod _ _ 8 puppy puppy NOUN NN Number=Sing 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 8 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **is a** *in a quote* | present | he | a nice puppy | | | | | tree rules | ### Option 2 {#o2} «I'll get in and look» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t2:o2:1 # text = «I'll get in and look» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 4 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 I I PRON PRP Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 'll will AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 4 get get VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ _ 5 in in ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 look look VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 4 conj _ SpaceAfter=No 8 » » PUNCT '' _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **get in** *in a quote* | future | I | | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Experiencer | | 2 | **look** *in a quote* | infinitive | I *not said here* | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | ### Option 3 · ✓ the right answer {#o3} «Ask a grown-up» — and move away ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t2:o3:1 # text = «Ask a grown-up» — and move away 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 2 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 grown grown NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 5 - - PUNCT HYPH _ 6 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 6 up up ADP RP _ 4 compound _ SpaceAfter=No 7 » » PUNCT '' _ 2 punct _ _ 8 — - PUNCT : _ 2 punct _ _ 9 and and CCONJ CC _ 10 cc _ _ 10 move move VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 2 conj _ _ 11 away away ADV RB _ 10 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* *in a quote* | imperative | you *not said here* | a grown | | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient | | 2 | **move away** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn roll-51.3.1 «NP.theme V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} «Sure, where did he go?» ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t2:o4:1 # text = «Sure, where did he go?» 1 « « PUNCT `` _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 2 Sure sure INTJ UH _ 7 discourse _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 where where ADV WRB PronType=Rel 7 advmod _ _ 5 did do AUX VBD Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Past|VerbForm=Fin 7 aux _ _ 6 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 7 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 8 ? ? PUNCT . _ 7 punct _ SpaceAfter=No 9 » » PUNCT '' _ 7 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** *in a quote* | past · do-support | he | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | **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. 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