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title: lost mum in the shops, cant see her anywhere. who do i ask — Trusted adults and asking for help · tree and pragmatics
description: lost mum in the shops, cant see her anywhere. who do i ask Test 11 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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.
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# Test 11 · Trusted adults and asking for help

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lost mum in the shops, cant see her anywhere. who do i ask

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**Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 4 · wrong ✗ · **Who acts:** lost shops · **What happens:** lose, see, ask · **To what, where:** mum, her

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This is test 11 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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/56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help/#t11).

## The question {#question}

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t11:1
# text = lost mum in the shops, cant see her anywhere. who do i ask
1	lost	lose	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	5	amod	_	_
2	mum	mum	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	1	obj	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	5	case	_	_
4	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	5	det	_	_
5	shops	shop	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	0	root	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	7	punct	_	_
7	cant	cant	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	5	conj	_	_
8	see	see	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl	_	_
9	her	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	8	obj	_	_
10	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	RB	PronType=Ind	8	advmod	_	SpaceAfter=No
11	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	5	punct	_	_
12	who	who	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	15	nsubj	_	_
13	do	do	AUX	VBP	Mood=Ind|Number=Plur|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	15	aux	_	_
14	i	I	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs	15	nsubj	_	_
15	ask	ask	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	5	acl:relcl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **lose** | participle |  | mum |  |  |  |  | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Eventuality |
| 2 | **see** | infinitive | the lost shops and cant *not said here* | her *= she* |  |  |  | anywhere *property* | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus |
| 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | present · do-support | the lost shops and cant |  |  |  |  |  | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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 · ← Mova's choice {#o1}

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Nobody, just leave the shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t11:o1:1
# text = Nobody, just leave the shop
1	Nobody	nobody	PRON	NN	Number=Sing|PronType=Neg	4	nsubj	_	SpaceAfter=No
2	,	,	PUNCT	,	_	1	punct	_	_
3	just	just	ADV	RB	_	4	advmod	_	_
4	leave	leave	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	obj	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **leave** | infinitive | Nobody | the shop |  |  |  |  | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent shop=Theme |

### Option 2 {#o2}

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Any person walking past outside the shop doors

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t11:o2:1
# text = Any person walking past outside the shop doors
1	Any	any	DET	DT	PronType=Ind	2	det	_	_
2	person	person	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
3	walking	walk	VERB	VBG	VerbForm=Ger	2	acl	_	_
4	past	past	ADV	RB	_	3	advmod	_	_
5	outside	outside	ADP	IN	_	8	case	_	_
6	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	8	det	_	_
7	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	compound	_	_
8	doors	door	NOUN	NNS	Number=Plur	3	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **walk** | gerund | any person *not said here* |  |  | the shop doors |  | past *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme outside door=Trajectory |

### Option 3 {#o3}

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The first car that stops for you

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t11:o3:1
# text = The first car that stops for you
1	The	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	first	first	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos|NumForm=Word|NumType=Ord	3	amod	_	_
3	car	car	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	that	that	PRON	WDT	PronType=Rel	5	nsubj	_	_
5	stops	stop	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	3	acl:relcl	_	_
6	for	for	ADP	IN	_	7	case	_	_
7	you	you	PRON	PRP	Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs	5	obl	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **stop** | present | the first car |  |  |  |  | for you | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |

### Option 4 · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

<!-- .ven lang=en -->
A shop worker at the counter or with a name badge

```conllu
# sent_id = question:everyday:56-trusted-adults-and-asking-for-help:t11:o4:1
# text = A shop worker at the counter or with a name badge
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	worker	worker	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
4	at	at	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	counter	counter	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	nmod	_	_
7	or	or	CCONJ	CC	_	11	cc	_	_
8	with	with	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
9	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
10	name	name	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	11	compound	_	_
11	badge	badge	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	conj	_	_
```

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The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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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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