--- title: lady wants me to help find her lost dog round the corner — Strangers and tricky people · tree and pragmatics description: lady wants me to help find her lost dog round the corner Test 15 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/t15/) [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/) / [Strangers and tricky people](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/) / t15 # Test 15 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people lady wants me to help find her lost dog round the corner **Mova's choice:** option 1 · **The right answer:** option 1 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** lady, me · **What happens:** want, help, find, lose · **To what, where:** me, lost dog This is test 15 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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/58-strangers-and-tricky-people/#t15). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t15:1 # text = lady wants me to help find her lost dog round the corner 1 lady lady NOUN NN Number=Sing 2 nsubj _ _ 2 wants want VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 3 me I PRON PRP Case=Acc|Number=Sing|Person=1|PronType=Prs 2 obj _ _ 4 to to PART TO _ 5 mark _ _ 5 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 2 xcomp _ _ 6 find find VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 5 xcomp _ _ 7 her her PRON PRP$ Case=Gen|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|Poss=Yes|PronType=Prs 9 nmod:poss _ _ 8 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 9 amod _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obj _ _ 10 round round ADP IN _ 12 case _ _ 11 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 12 det _ _ 12 corner corner NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **want** | present | lady | me | | | | | tree rules | | 2 | **help** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | me *not said here* | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S\_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | | 3 | **find** *not said to happen* | infinitive | me *not said here* | lady's lost dog | | | | round the corner | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent dog=Topic | | 4 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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} Say no and tell a trusted adult ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t15:o1:1 # text = Say no and tell a trusted adult 1 Say say VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 no no INTJ UH Polarity=Neg 1 discourse _ _ 3 and and CCONJ CC _ 4 cc _ _ 4 tell tell VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 6 trusted trust VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 7 amod _ _ 7 adult adult NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **say** *speech: assert* | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **tell** *speech: assert* | infinitive | you *not said here* | | a trusted adult | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | | 3 | **trust** | participle | | | | | | | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 {#o2} Go if she shows a photo of the dog ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t15:o2:1 # text = Go if she shows a photo of the dog 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 4 mark _ _ 3 she she PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 4 nsubj _ _ 4 shows show VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 1 advcl _ _ 5 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 6 det _ _ 6 photo photo NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 obj _ _ 7 of of ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 dog dog NOUN NN Number=Sing 6 nmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **show** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | she | a photo of the dog | | | | | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent photo=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Help her, because it is kind to help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t15:o3:1 # text = Help her, because it is kind to help 1 Help help VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 her she PRON PRP Case=Acc|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 1 obj _ SpaceAfter=No 3 , , PUNCT , _ 7 punct _ _ 4 because because SCONJ IN _ 7 mark _ _ 5 it it PRON PRP Case=Nom|Gender=Neut|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs 7 nsubj _ _ 6 is be AUX VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 7 cop _ _ 7 kind kind ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 help help VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **help** | imperative | you *not said here* | | her *= she* | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent she=Beneficiary | | 2 | **is** | present | it | | | | | kind *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **help** | to-infinitive | | | | | | | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent | ### Option 4 {#o4} Go if you are quick and come straight back ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:58-strangers-and-tricky-people:t15:o4:1 # text = Go if you are quick and come straight back 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 if if SCONJ IN _ 5 mark _ _ 3 you you PRON PRP Case=Nom|Person=2|PronType=Prs 5 nsubj _ _ 4 are be AUX VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 cop _ _ 5 quick quick ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 1 advmod _ _ 6 and and CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 7 come come VERB VBP Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=2|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 5 conj _ _ 8 straight straight ADV RB _ 9 advmod _ _ 9 back back ADV RB _ 7 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **is** *a condition, not said to happen* | present | you | | | | | quick *property* | tree rules | | 3 | **come** | present | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1 «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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