Test 9 · ★★ · Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop
Josh, 15, is offered a cigarette: "Go on, one won't hurt, you can stop whenever." What is most true?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: one, you · What happens: offer, go on, not hurt, stop, be · To what, where: Josh · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 28 «Smoking, vaping and betting: habits that are hard to stop» of the adult life 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.
The question
Sentence 1: Josh, 15, is offered a cigarette: "Go on, one won't hurt, you can stop whenever."
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Josh | Josh | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 15 | punct |
| 3 | 15 | 15 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Josh | appos |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Josh | punct |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 offered | aux:pass |
| 6 | offered | offer | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 cigarette | det |
| 8 | cigarette | cigarette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 offered | obj |
| 9 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 11 Go | punct |
| 10 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 11 Go | punct |
| 11 | Go | go | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 6 offered | parataxis |
| 12 | on | on | ADV | _ | 11 Go | advmod |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 17 hurt | punct |
| 14 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 17 hurt | nsubj |
| 15 | wo | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 17 hurt | aux |
| 16 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 17 hurt | advmod |
| 17 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 11 Go | conj |
| 18 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 stop | punct |
| 19 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 21 stop | nsubj |
| 20 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 21 stop | aux |
| 21 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 11 Go | conj |
| 22 | whenever | whenever | ADV | PronType=Rel | 21 stop | advmod |
| 23 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 offered | punct |
| 24 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 6 offered | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present · passive | Josh | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | go on in a quote | infinitive | vn function-105.2.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | not hurt in a quote | future | one | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | stop in a quote | can | you | whenever property | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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 is most true?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 true | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 true | cop |
| 3 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 true | amod |
| 4 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Teenagers cannot get addicted to nicotine
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teenagers | teenager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 addicted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 addicted | aux |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 addicted | advmod |
| 4 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 addicted | aux:pass |
| 5 | addicted | addict | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 nicotine | case |
| 7 | nicotine | nicotine | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 addicted | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not addict | can · passive | Teenagers | to nicotine | vn addict-96 «NP V NP PP.Theme»: subject=Patient to nicotine=Theme |
Option 2
One cigarette makes you a smoker for life
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | One | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 2 cigarette | nummod |
| 2 | cigarette | cigarette | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | nsubj |
| 3 | makes | make | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 3 makes | obj |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 smoker | det |
| 6 | smoker | smoker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obj |
| 7 | for | for | ADP | _ | 8 life | case |
| 8 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 makes | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | present | One cigarette | a smoker | you | for life | vn build-26.1-1 «NP V NP NP PP.asset»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary smoker=Product for life=Asset |
Option 3
Cigarettes are safe until you are 30
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cigarettes | cigarette | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 safe | nsubj |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 safe | cop |
| 3 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | until | until | SCONJ | _ | 7 30 | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 7 30 | nsubj |
| 6 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 30 | cop |
| 7 | 30 | 30 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 3 safe | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Cigarettes | safe property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | you | 30 | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Many smokers started as teenagers and could not stop
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 smokers | amod |
| 2 | smokers | smoker | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 started | nsubj |
| 3 | started | start | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | as | as | ADP | _ | 5 teenagers | case |
| 5 | teenagers | teenager | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 started | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 stop | cc |
| 7 | could | could | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 stop | aux |
| 8 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 9 stop | advmod |
| 9 | stop | stop | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 started | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | start | past | Many smokers | as teenagers | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | not stop | could | Many smokers not said here | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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