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title: You're lost in a shopping centre. Someone says «your mum's outside,… — A stranger's story · tree and pragmatics
description: You're lost in a shopping centre. Someone says «your mum's outside, come on». What do you do? Test 7 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 right.
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# Test 7 · A stranger's story

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You're lost in a shopping centre. Someone says «your mum's outside, come on». What do you do?

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** Someone, mum, you · **What happens:** lose, say, be, come on, do · **To what, where:** You, shopping centre · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 7 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/#t7).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* You're lost in a shopping centre.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t7:1
# text = You're lost in a shopping centre.
1	You	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	3	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	're	be	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	aux:pass	_	_
3	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
4	in	in	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	7	det	_	_
6	shopping	shopping	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	7	compound	_	_
7	centre	centre	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	3	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | present · passive |  | You |  | a shopping centre |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=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:* Someone says «your mum's outside, come on».

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t7:2
# text = Someone says «your mum's outside, come on».
1	Someone	someone	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Ind	2	nsubj	_	_
2	says	say	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	«	«	PUNCT	``	_	6	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
4	your	your	PRON	PRP$	Case=Gen|Person=2|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs	5	nmod:poss	_	_
5	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	's	be	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	2	ccomp	_	_
7	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	6	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	9	punct	_	_
9	come	come	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	2	ccomp	_	_
10	on	on	ADV	RB	_	9	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	»	»	PUNCT	''	_	9	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | present | Someone |  |  |  |  |  | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic |
| 2 | **be** *in a quote* | present | your mum |  |  |  |  | outside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
| 3 | **come on** *in a quote* | infinitive |  |  |  |  |  |  | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What do you do?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t7:3
# text = What do you do?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Int	4	obj	_	_
2	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	do	do	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
5	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **do** | present · do-support | you |  |  |  |  |  | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o1}

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Stay inside at a desk where people work

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t7:o1:1
# text = Stay inside at a desk where people work
1	Stay	stay	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	inside	inside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	at	at	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	desk	desk	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
6	where	where	ADV	WRB	PronType=Rel	8	advmod	_	_
7	people	people	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	8	nsubj	_	_
8	work	work	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stay** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  | a desk |  | inside *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at desk=Location |
| 2 | **work** | present | people |  |  |  |  |  | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Run out to the car park alone

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t7:o2:1
# text = Run out to the car park alone
1	Run	run	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	out	out	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	to	to	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
5	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	compound	_	_
6	park	park	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obl	_	_
7	alone	alone	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **run out** | imperative | you *not said here* |  |  |  |  | to the car park *result*; alone, out *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to park=Result |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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Hide behind a clothes rack until the shop closes

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t7:o3:1
# text = Hide behind a clothes rack until the shop closes
1	Hide	hide	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	nsubj	_	_
2	behind	behind	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
3	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
4	clothes	clothes	NOUN	NNS	Number=Ptan	1	nmod	_	_
5	rack	rack	VERB	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
6	until	until	SCONJ	IN	_	9	mark	_	_
7	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
8	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	9	nsubj	_	_
9	closes	close	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	5	advcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **rack** | present | Hide behind a clothes |  |  |  |  |  | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
| 2 | **close** | present | the shop |  |  |  |  |  | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP.patient V»: agent=Patient |

### Option 4 {#o4}

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Go outside with them quickly

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:446-a-strangers-story:t7:o4:1
# text = Go outside with them quickly
1	Go	go	VERB	VB	Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
2	outside	outside	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
3	with	with	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	them	they	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Number=Plur|Person=3|PronType=Prs	1	obl	_	_
5	quickly	quickly	ADV	RB	_	1	advmod	_	_
```

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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 them *= they*; outside, quickly *property* | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with they=Beneficiary |

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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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