--- title: lost, can't find mum in the shop, too shy to ask anyone — Mistakes, asking for help and saying no · tree and pragmatics description: lost, can't find mum in the shop, too shy to ask anyone Test 16 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/t16/) [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/) / [Mistakes, asking for help and saying no](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/everyday/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/) / t16 # Test 16 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no lost, can't find mum in the shop, too shy to ask anyone **Mova's choice:** option 2 · **The right answer:** option 2 · right ✓ · **What happens:** lose, not find, ask · **To what, where:** mum, shop, anyone This is test 16 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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/99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no/#t16). ## The question {#question} ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t16:1 # text = lost, can't find mum in the shop, too shy to ask anyone 1 lost lose VERB VBN Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass 5 advcl _ SpaceAfter=No 2 , , PUNCT , _ 5 punct _ _ 3 ca can AUX MD VerbForm=Fin 5 aux _ SpaceAfter=No 4 n't not PART RB Polarity=Neg 5 advmod _ _ 5 find find VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 6 mum mum NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obj _ _ 7 in in ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 8 the the DET DT Definite=Def|PronType=Art 9 det _ _ 9 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 5 obl _ SpaceAfter=No 10 , , PUNCT , _ 12 punct _ _ 11 too too ADV RB _ 12 advmod _ _ 12 shy shy ADJ JJ Degree=Pos 5 conj _ _ 13 to to PART TO _ 14 mark _ _ 14 ask ask VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 12 advcl _ _ 15 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 14 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **lose** | participle | | | | | | | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | | 2 | **not** **find** | can | | mum | | the shop | | | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mum=Topic | | 3 | **ask** *speech: ask* | to-infinitive | | | anyone | | | | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | 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 {#o1} Hide until closing time ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t16:o1:1 # text = Hide until closing time 1 Hide hide VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 until until ADP IN _ 4 case _ _ 3 closing closing NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 time time NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **hide** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | time | | vn concealment-16-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ### Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o2} Ask a shop worker or a parent with kids for help ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t16:o2:1 # text = Ask a shop worker or a parent with kids for help 1 Ask ask VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 4 det _ _ 3 shop shop NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 compound _ _ 4 worker worker NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obj _ _ 5 or or CCONJ CC _ 7 cc _ _ 6 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 7 det _ _ 7 parent parent NOUN NN Number=Sing 4 conj _ _ 8 with with ADP IN _ 9 case _ _ 9 kids kid NOUN NNS Number=Plur 7 nmod _ _ 10 for for ADP IN _ 11 case _ _ 11 help help NOUN NN Number=Sing 1 obl _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **ask** *speech: ask* | imperative | you *not said here* | a shop worker or a parent with kids | | | | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent worker=Recipient | ### Option 3 {#o3} Go with anyone at all who offers to give you a lift home ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t16:o3:1 # text = Go with anyone at all who offers to give you a lift home 1 Go go VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 with with ADP IN _ 3 case _ _ 3 anyone anyone PRON NN Number=Sing|PronType=Ind 1 obl _ _ 4 at at ADP IN _ 5 case _ _ 5 all all DET DT PronType=Tot 3 nmod _ _ 6 who who PRON WP PronType=Rel 7 nsubj _ _ 7 offers offer VERB VBZ Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin 3 acl:relcl _ _ 8 to to PART TO _ 9 mark _ _ 9 give give VERB VB VerbForm=Inf 7 xcomp _ _ 10 you you PRON PRP Case=Acc|Person=2|PronType=Prs 9 iobj _ _ 11 a a DET DT Definite=Ind|PronType=Art 13 det _ _ 12 lift lift NOUN NN Number=Sing 13 compound _ _ 13 home home NOUN NN Number=Sing 9 obj _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **go** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | with anyone | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with anyone=Beneficiary | | 2 | **offer** | present | | | | | | | tree rules | | 3 | **give** *not said to happen* | to-infinitive | | a lift home | you | | | | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient home=Theme | ### Option 4 {#o4} Leave and walk home alone ```conllu # sent_id = question:everyday:99-mistakes-asking-for-help-and-saying-no:t16:o4:1 # text = Leave and walk home alone 1 Leave leave VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 0 root _ _ 2 and and CCONJ CC _ 3 cc _ _ 3 walk walk VERB VB Mood=Imp|VerbForm=Fin 1 conj _ _ 4 home home ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ 5 alone alone ADV RB _ 3 advmod _ _ ``` | # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1 | **leave** | imperative | you *not said here* | | | | | | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | | 2 | **walk** | infinitive | you *not said here* | | | | | alone, home *property* | vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «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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