--- title: Identify the purpose served by a lost child hugging a tree. — Lost outdoors · tree and pragmatics description: Identify the purpose served by a lost child hugging a tree. Exam question 2 of lesson 49 «Lost outdoors» 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. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/e2/) [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/) / [Lost outdoors](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/49-lost-outdoors/) / e2 # Exam question 2 · Lost outdoors Identify the purpose served by a lost child hugging a tree. **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** you, lost child · **What happens:** identify, serve, lose, hug · **To what, where:** purpose, tree This is exam question 2 of lesson 49 «Lost outdoors» of the everyday course of Mova's primary school, asked in stiff, formal language. 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/49-lost-outdoors/#e2). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e2:1 # text = Identify the purpose served by a lost child hugging a tree. 1 Identify identify VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 purpose purpose NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 served serve VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 3 acl _ _ 5 by by ADP IN _ 8 case _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 8 det _ _ 7 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 8 amod _ _ 8 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obl _ _ 9 hugging hug VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 8 acl _ _ 10 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 11 det _ _ 11 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 12 . . PUNCT . _ 1 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **identify** | imperative | you *not said here* | the purpose | | | | | vn characterize-29.2-1-1 «NP V NP S\_ING»: agent=Agent purpose=Theme | | 2 | **serve** | participle | | the purpose *not said here* | | | | by a lost child | vn masquerade-29.6-2 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Agent | | 3 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 4 | **hug** | gerund | a lost child *not said here* | a tree | | | | | vn marry-36.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Co-Agent | 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 · ✓ the right answer {#o1} It assists the child to remain calm and in one place ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e2:o1:1 # text = It assists the child to remain calm and in one place 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 assists assist VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 remain remain VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 ccomp _ _ 7 calm calm ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 6 xcomp _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 11 cc _ _ 9 in in ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 10 one one NUM CD NumForm=Word|NumType=Card 11 nummod _ _ 11 place place NOUN NN Number=Sing 7 conj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **assist** | present | It | the child | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent child=Beneficiary clause=Theme | | 2 | **remain** | to-infinitive | | | | | | calm *property* | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 {#o2} It renders the child invisible to animals ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e2:o2:1 # text = It renders the child invisible to animals 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 renders render VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 child child NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 invisible invisible ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 2 xcomp _ _ 6 to to ADP IN _ 7 case _ _ 7 animals animal NOUN NNS Number=Plur 5 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **render** | present | It | the child | | | | invisible *property* | vn give-13.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme | ### Option 3 {#o3} It warms the tree for searchers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e2:o3:1 # text = It warms the tree for searchers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 warms warm VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 tree tree NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 for for ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 6 searchers searcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 2 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **warm** | present | It | the tree | | | | for searchers | vn other\_cos-45.4 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent tree=Patient | ### Option 4 {#o4} It indicates the direction of north to the searchers ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:49-lost-outdoors:e2:o4:1 # text = It indicates the direction of north to the searchers 1 It it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 2 nsubj _ _ 2 indicates indicate VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 direction direction NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 obj _ _ 5 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 6 north north ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 7 to to ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 searchers searcher NOUN NNS Number=Plur 4 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **indicate** | present | It | the direction of the searchers | | | | | vn indicate-78-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Pivot direction=Topic | **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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