--- title: A cartoon kid sees a new baby and runs away to join the circus. What… — A new baby · tree and pragmatics description: A cartoon kid sees a new baby and runs away to join the circus. What would really help? Test 5 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/t5/) [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 new baby](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/504-a-new-baby/) / t5 # Test 5 · A new baby A cartoon kid sees a new baby and runs away to join the circus. What would really help? **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** cartoon kid · **What happens:** see, run away, join, help · **To what, where:** new baby, circus This is test 5 of lesson 504 «A new baby» 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/504-a-new-baby/#t5). ## The question {#question} *Sentence 1:* A cartoon kid sees a new baby and runs away to join the circus. ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t5:1 # text = A cartoon kid sees a new baby and runs away to join the circus. 1 A a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 2 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 3 compound _ _ 3 kid kid NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 nsubj _ _ 4 sees see VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 new new ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 7 amod _ _ 7 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 8 and and CCONJ CC _ 9 cc _ _ 9 runs run VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 4 conj _ _ 10 away away ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 11 to to PART TO _ 12 mark _ _ 12 join join VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 9 advcl _ _ 13 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 14 det _ _ 14 circus circus NOUN NN Number=Sing 12 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 15 . . PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **see** | present | a cartoon kid | a new baby | | | | | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer baby=Stimulus | | 2 | **run away** | present | a cartoon kid *not said here* | | | | | away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 3 | **join** | to-infinitive | a cartoon kid *not said here* | the circus | | | | | vn mix-22.1-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent circus=Patient | 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:* What would really help? ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t5:2 # text = What would really help? 1 What what PRON WP PronType=Int 4 nsubj _ _ 2 would would AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 4 aux _ _ 3 really really ADV RB _ 4 advmod _ _ 4 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 0 root _ SpaceAfter=No 5 ? ? PUNCT . _ 4 punct _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | would | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ## The options {#options} ### Option 1 {#o1} Running away like the cartoon ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t5:o1:1 # text = Running away like the cartoon 1 Running run VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 away away ADV RB _ 1 advmod _ _ 3 like like ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 4 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 5 det _ _ 5 cartoon cartoon NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **run away** | gerund | | | | | | like the cartoon; away *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice {#o2} Asking for the baby to go back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t5:o2:1 # text = Asking for the baby to go back 1 Asking ask VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 for for ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 4 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ 5 to to PART TO _ 6 mark _ _ 6 go go VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 1 xcomp _ _ 7 back back ADV RB _ 6 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | gerund | | | | | | for the baby | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | | 2 | **go back** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn convert-26.6.2 «NP V S\_ING»: agent=Patient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Hiding the baby in a cupboard ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t5:o3:1 # text = Hiding the baby in a cupboard 1 Hiding hide VERB VBG Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Part 0 root _ _ 2 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 baby baby NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 in in ADP IN _ 6 case _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 cupboard cupboard NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | gerund | | the baby | | a cupboard | | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent baby=Patient in cupboard=Location | ### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4} Telling a parent how he feels ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:504-a-new-baby:t5:o4:1 # text = Telling a parent how he feels 1 Telling tell VERB VBG VerbForm=Ger 6 csubj _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 3 det _ _ 3 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 4 how how ADV WRB PronType=Int 6 advmod _ _ 5 he he PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Masc|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 6 nsubj _ _ 6 feels feel VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | gerund | | | a parent | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | | 2 | **feel** | present | parent | | | | | | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus | **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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