Test 6 · ★ · Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them Mum to Dad, low voice: "...the boy's still missing, police want any sightings." Grace hears and won't go to the shop. What is the sensible view?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: police, Grace, sensible view · What happens: want, hear, not go, be · To what, where: sightings, shop
This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 51 «Scary news: wars, disasters and how to talk about them» 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: Mum to Dad, low voice: "...the boy's still missing, police want any sightings."
nsubj case nmod punct amod punct punct punct det nsubj case advmod parataxis punct nsubj conj det obj punct punct root Mum NOUN to ADP Dad PROPN , PUNCT low ADJ voice NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT ... PUNCT the DET boy NOUN 's PART still ADV missing ADJ , PUNCT police NOUN want VERB any DET sightings NOUN . PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mum mum NOUN Number=Sing 6 voice nsubj 2 to to ADP _ 3 Dad case 3 Dad Dad PROPN Number=Sing 1 Mum nmod 4 , , PUNCT _ 6 voice punct 5 low low ADJ Degree=Pos 6 voice amod 6 voice voice NOUN Number=Sing root root 7 : : PUNCT _ 14 missing punct 8 " " PUNCT _ 14 missing punct 9 ... ... PUNCT _ 14 missing punct 10 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 11 boy det 11 boy boy NOUN Number=Sing 14 missing nsubj 12 's 's PART _ 11 boy case 13 still still ADV _ 14 missing advmod 14 missing missing ADJ Degree=Pos 6 voice parataxis 15 , , PUNCT _ 17 want punct 16 police police NOUN Number=Plur 17 want nsubj 17 want want VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 missing conj 18 any any DET PronType=Ind 19 sightings det 19 sightings sighting NOUN Number=Plur 17 want obj 20 . . PUNCT _ 6 voice punct 21 " " PUNCT _ 6 voice punct
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1 want in a quote present police any sightings vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot sighting=Theme
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: Grace hears and won't go to the shop.
nsubj cc aux advmod conj case det obl punct root Grace PROPN hears VERB and CCONJ wo AUX n't PART go VERB to ADP the DET shop NOUN . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grace Grace PROPN Number=Sing 2 hears nsubj 2 hears hear VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 and and CCONJ _ 6 go cc 4 wo will AUX VerbForm=Fin 6 go aux 5 n't not PART Polarity=Neg 6 go advmod 6 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf 2 hears conj 7 to to ADP _ 9 shop case 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 shop det 9 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 6 go obl 10 . . PUNCT _ 2 hears punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 hear present Grace vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer 2 not go future Grace not said here the shop vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to shop=Initial_Location
Sentence 3: What is the sensible view?
cop det amod nsubj punct root What PRON is AUX the DET sensible ADJ view NOUN ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int root root 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 What cop 3 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 5 view det 4 sensible sensible ADJ Degree=Pos 5 view amod 5 view view NOUN Number=Sing 1 What nsubj 6 ? ? PUNCT _ 1 What punct
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1 is a present the sensible view tree rules
The options Option 1 It's not true; the police just like being on TV
nsubj cop advmod punct det parataxis advmod case cop case advcl root It PRON 's AUX not PART true ADJ ; PUNCT the DET police NOUN just ADV like ADP being AUX on ADP TV NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 true nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 true cop 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 true advmod 4 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 5 ; ; PUNCT _ 4 true punct 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 police det 7 police police NOUN Number=Plur 4 true parataxis 8 just just ADV _ 12 TV advmod 9 like like ADP _ 12 TV case 10 being be AUX Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 12 TV cop 11 on on ADP _ 12 TV case 12 TV TV NOUN Number=Sing 4 true advcl
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1 not is present It true property tree rules 2 is gerund like TV tree rules
Option 2 Children go missing on every street every day, so no shop is safe any more
The tree, 15 words nsubj xcomp case det obl det obl:unmarked punct advmod det nsubj cop parataxis advmod advmod root Children NOUN go VERB missing VERB on ADP every DET street NOUN every DET day NOUN , PUNCT so ADV no DET shop NOUN is AUX safe ADJ any ADV more ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Children child NOUN Number=Plur 2 go nsubj 2 go go VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 3 missing miss VERB Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part 2 go xcomp 4 on on ADP _ 6 street case 5 every every DET PronType=Tot 6 street det 6 street street NOUN Number=Sing 3 missing obl 7 every every DET PronType=Tot 8 day det 8 day day NOUN Number=Sing 3 missing obl:unmarked 9 , , PUNCT _ 14 safe punct 10 so so ADV _ 14 safe advmod 11 no no DET PronType=Neg 12 shop det 12 shop shop NOUN Number=Sing 14 safe nsubj 13 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 14 safe cop 14 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 2 go parataxis 15 any any ADV _ 16 more advmod 16 more more ADV Degree=Cmp 2 go advmod
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1 go present Children vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic 2 miss gerund Children not said here every street day vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer 3 is present no shop safe property tree rules
Option 3 She must never go anywhere ever again
nsubj aux advmod advmod advmod advmod root She PRON must AUX never ADV go VERB anywhere ADV ever ADV again ADV The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 She she PRON Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 4 go nsubj 2 must must AUX VerbForm=Fin 4 go aux 3 never never ADV PronType=Neg 4 go advmod 4 go go VERB VerbForm=Inf root root 5 anywhere anywhere ADV PronType=Ind 4 go advmod 6 ever ever ADV PronType=Ind 7 again advmod 7 again again ADV _ 4 go advmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not go must She again anywhere property vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer It's rare; the news asks the public to help; keep our safety rules
The tree, 14 words nsubj cop punct det nsubj parataxis det obj mark xcomp punct parataxis nmod:poss compound obj root It PRON 's AUX rare ADJ ; PUNCT the DET news NOUN asks VERB the DET public NOUN to PART help VERB ; PUNCT keep VERB our PRON safety NOUN rules NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 It it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 3 rare nsubj 2 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 rare cop 3 rare rare ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ; ; PUNCT _ 7 asks punct 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 6 news det 6 news news NOUN Number=Sing 7 asks nsubj 7 asks ask VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 rare parataxis 8 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 public det 9 public public NOUN Number=Sing 7 asks obj 10 to to PART _ 11 help mark 11 help help VERB VerbForm=Inf 7 asks xcomp 12 ; ; PUNCT _ 13 keep punct 13 keep keep VERB Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin 3 rare parataxis 14 our our PRON Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs 16 rules nmod:poss 15 safety safety NOUN Number=Sing 16 rules compound 16 rules rule NOUN Number=Plur 13 keep obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 is present It rare property tree rules 2 ask speech: ask present the news the public vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent public=Recipient clause=Topic 3 help not said to happen to-infinitive the public not said here vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent 4 keep infinitive our safety rules vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent rule=Theme 5 rule our nom rule «cognition intransitive»: poss=agent
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