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title: A tourist in Johannesburg is told "Stop at the robot." She looks aro… — Accents and dialects around the world · tree and pragmatics
description: A tourist in Johannesburg is told "Stop at the robot." She looks around for a machine. What should she look for? Test 3 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language course of Mova's primary school, with the dependency tree and pragmatics of the question and of each optio
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# Test 3 · ★★ · Accents and dialects around the world

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A tourist in Johannesburg is told "Stop at the robot." She looks around for a machine. What should she look for?

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**Mova's choice:** option 4 · **The right answer:** option 4 · right ✓ · **Who acts:** tourist · **What happens:** tell, stop, look around, look · **To what, where:** tourist, robot · **Speech:** someone speaks here

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This is test 3 · ★★ of lesson 19 «Accents and dialects around the world» of the language 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/language/19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world/#t3).

## The question {#question}

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*Sentence 1:* A tourist in Johannesburg is told "Stop at the robot."

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t3:1
# text = A tourist in Johannesburg is told "Stop at the robot."
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	2	det	_	_
2	tourist	tourist	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	6	nsubj:pass	_	_
3	in	in	ADP	IN	_	4	case	_	_
4	Johannesburg	Johannesburg	PROPN	NNP	Number=Sing	2	nmod	_	_
5	is	be	AUX	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	6	aux:pass	_	_
6	told	tell	VERB	VBN	Tense=Past|VerbForm=Part|Voice=Pass	0	root	_	_
7	"	"	PUNCT	``	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
8	Stop	stop	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	6	xcomp	_	_
9	at	at	ADP	IN	_	11	case	_	_
10	the	the	DET	DT	Definite=Def|PronType=Art	11	det	_	_
11	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	8	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
12	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	8	punct	_	SpaceAfter=No
13	"	"	PUNCT	''	_	8	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **tell** *speech: assert* | present · passive |  | a tourist in Johannesburg |  |  |  |  | vn transfer\_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Recipient clause=Topic |
| 2 | **stop** *not said to happen, in a quote* | infinitive | a tourist in Johannesburg *not said here* |  |  | the robot |  |  | vn lodge-46 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at robot=Location |

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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.

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*Sentence 2:* She looks around for a machine.

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t3:2
# text = She looks around for a machine.
1	She	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	2	nsubj	_	_
2	looks	look	VERB	VBZ	Mood=Ind|Number=Sing|Person=3|Tense=Pres|VerbForm=Fin	0	root	_	_
3	around	around	ADV	RB	_	2	advmod	_	_
4	for	for	ADP	IN	_	6	case	_	_
5	a	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	6	det	_	_
6	machine	machine	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	2	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
7	.	.	PUNCT	.	_	2	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look around** | present | tourist |  |  |  |  | for a machine; around *property* | vn rummage-35.5 «NP V PP.location PP.theme»: agent=Agent for machine=Theme |

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*Sentence 3:* What should she look for?

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t3:3
# text = What should she look for?
1	What	what	PRON	WP	PronType=Rel	4	obl	_	_
2	should	should	AUX	MD	VerbForm=Fin	4	aux	_	_
3	she	she	PRON	PRP	Case=Nom|Gender=Fem|Number=Sing|Person=3|PronType=Prs	4	nsubj	_	_
4	look	look	VERB	VB	VerbForm=Inf	0	root	_	_
5	for	for	ADP	IN	_	4	obl	_	SpaceAfter=No
6	?	?	PUNCT	.	_	4	punct	_	_
```

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| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | **look** | should | tourist |  |  |  |  |  | vn stimulus\_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |

## The options {#options}

### Option 1 {#o1}

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A police officer

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t3:o1:1
# text = A police officer
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	police	police	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	officer	officer	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 2 {#o2}

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A robot shop

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t3:o2:1
# text = A robot shop
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	robot	robot	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	shop	shop	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 3 {#o3}

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A big metal statue

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t3:o3:1
# text = A big metal statue
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	4	det	_	_
2	big	big	ADJ	JJ	Degree=Pos	4	amod	_	_
3	metal	metal	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	4	compound	_	_
4	statue	statue	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

### Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer {#o4}

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A traffic light

```conllu
# sent_id = question:language:19-accents-and-dialects-around-the-world:t3:o4:1
# text = A traffic light
1	A	a	DET	DT	Definite=Ind|PronType=Art	3	det	_	_
2	traffic	traffic	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	3	compound	_	_
3	light	light	NOUN	NN	Number=Sing	0	root	_	_
```

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

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