Test 6 · ★★ · Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs o… Mila, after school: "We watch kids' news in class, it's way less scary. Why do grown-ups watch the scary one?" What is true?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: We, news, grown ups · What happens: watch, be, grow · To what, where: news, class, way, scary one
This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 52 «Elections, crime, the weather, breaking news and news vs opinion» 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: Mila, after school: "We watch kids' news in class, it's way less scary.
punct case appos punct punct nsubj acl:relcl nmod:poss case obj case obl punct nsubj cop obl advmod amod punct root Mila PROPN , PUNCT after ADP school NOUN : PUNCT " PUNCT We PRON watch VERB kids NOUN ' PART news NOUN in ADP class NOUN , PUNCT it PRON 's AUX way NOUN less ADV scary ADJ . PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Mila Mila PROPN Number=Sing root root 2 , , PUNCT _ 4 school punct 3 after after ADP _ 4 school case 4 school school NOUN Number=Sing 1 Mila appos 5 : : PUNCT _ 8 watch punct 6 " " PUNCT _ 8 watch punct 7 We we PRON Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs 8 watch nsubj 8 watch watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 1 Mila acl:relcl 9 kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 11 news nmod:poss 10 ' 's PART _ 9 kids case 11 news news NOUN Number=Sing 8 watch obj 12 in in ADP _ 13 class case 13 class class NOUN Number=Sing 8 watch obl 14 , , PUNCT _ 17 way punct 15 it it PRON Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs 17 way nsubj 16 's be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 17 way cop 17 way way NOUN Number=Sing 8 watch obl 18 less less ADV Degree=Cmp 19 scary advmod 19 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 17 way amod 20 . . PUNCT _ 1 Mila punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 watch in a quote present We kids's news class vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent news=Theme 2 is a in a quote present news way tree rules
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: Why do grown-ups watch the scary one?"
advmod aux amod punct nsubj det amod obj punct punct root Why ADV do AUX grown VERB - PUNCT ups NOUN watch VERB the DET scary ADJ one NOUN ? PUNCT " PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Why why ADV PronType=Int 6 watch advmod 2 do do AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 grown aux 3 grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 5 ups amod 4 - - PUNCT _ 3 grown punct 5 ups up NOUN Number=Plur 6 watch nsubj 6 watch watch VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 7 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 one det 8 scary scary ADJ Degree=Pos 9 one amod 9 one one NOUN Number=Sing 6 watch obj 10 ? ? PUNCT _ 6 watch punct 11 " " PUNCT _ 6 watch punct
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow present · do-support vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 watch present grown ups the scary one vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent one=Theme
Sentence 3: What is true?
nsubj cop punct root What PRON is AUX true ADJ ? PUNCT The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 What what PRON PronType=Int 3 true nsubj 2 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 3 true cop 3 true true ADJ Degree=Pos root root 4 ? ? PUNCT _ 3 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 · ✓ the right answer Kids' news tells the same news calmly, without the worst pictures
nmod:poss case nsubj det amod obj advmod punct case det amod obl root Kids NOUN ' PART news NOUN tells VERB the DET same ADJ news NOUN calmly ADV , PUNCT without ADP the DET worst ADJ pictures NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 3 news nmod:poss 2 ' 's PART _ 1 Kids case 3 news news NOUN Number=Sing 4 tells nsubj 4 tells tell VERB Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin root root 5 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 7 news det 6 same same ADJ Degree=Pos 7 news amod 7 news news NOUN Number=Sing 4 tells obj 8 calmly calmly ADV _ 4 tells advmod 9 , , PUNCT _ 13 pictures punct 10 without without ADP _ 13 pictures case 11 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 13 pictures det 12 worst bad ADJ Degree=Sup 13 pictures amod 13 pictures picture NOUN Number=Plur 4 tells obl
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 tell speech: assert present Kids's news the same news without the worst pictures; calmly property vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent news=Recipient
Option 2 Children are not allowed to know any news
nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod mark xcomp det obj root Children NOUN are AUX not PART allowed VERB to PART know VERB any DET news NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Children child NOUN Number=Plur 4 allowed nsubj:pass 2 are be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 4 allowed aux:pass 3 not not PART Polarity=Neg 4 allowed advmod 4 allowed allow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 5 to to PART _ 6 know mark 6 know know VERB VerbForm=Inf 4 allowed xcomp 7 any any DET PronType=Ind 8 news det 8 news news NOUN Number=Sing 6 know obj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 not allow present · passive Children vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP S»: subject=Beneficiary clause=Eventuality 2 know not said to happen to-infinitive Children not said here any news vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer news=Stimulus
Option 3 Kids' news is all made up so that children feel happy and safe
nmod:poss case nsubj:pass aux:pass advmod compound:prt mark fixed nsubj advcl xcomp cc conj root Kids NOUN ' PART news NOUN is AUX all ADV made VERB up ADP so SCONJ that SCONJ children NOUN feel VERB happy ADJ and CCONJ safe ADJ The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Kids kid NOUN Number=Plur 3 news nmod:poss 2 ' 's PART _ 1 Kids case 3 news news NOUN Number=Sing 6 made nsubj:pass 4 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 made aux:pass 5 all all ADV _ 6 made advmod 6 made make VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass root root 7 up up ADP _ 6 made compound:prt 8 so so SCONJ ExtPos=SCONJ 11 feel mark 9 that that SCONJ _ 8 so fixed 10 children child NOUN Number=Plur 11 feel nsubj 11 feel feel VERB Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 6 made advcl 12 happy happy ADJ Degree=Pos 11 feel xcomp 13 and and CCONJ _ 14 safe cc 14 safe safe ADJ Degree=Pos 12 happy conj
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 make up present · passive Kids's news all property vn comprise-107.2-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Pivot 2 feel present children happy property vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice Grown-up news is the only true news there is anywhere in the world
The tree, 14 words amod punct compound:prt nsubj cop det amod amod expl cop advmod case det nmod root Grown VERB - PUNCT up ADP news NOUN is AUX the DET only ADJ true ADJ news NOUN there PRON is AUX anywhere ADV in ADP the DET world NOUN The words, one row each (CoNLL-U) # word lemma UPOS features head relation 1 Grown grow VERB Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass 4 news amod 2 - - PUNCT _ 3 up punct 3 up up ADP _ 1 Grown compound:prt 4 news news NOUN Number=Sing 9 news nsubj 5 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 news cop 6 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 9 news det 7 only only ADJ Degree=Pos 9 news amod 8 true true ADJ Degree=Pos 9 news amod 9 news news NOUN Number=Sing root root 10 there there PRON PronType=Dem 11 is expl 11 is be AUX Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin 9 news cop 12 anywhere anywhere ADV PronType=Ind 11 is advmod 13 in in ADP _ 15 world case 14 the the DET Definite=Def PronType=Art 15 world det 15 world world NOUN Number=Sing 9 news nmod
# verb tense, mood who what, whom to whom where when other roles by
1 grow up participle vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme 2 is a present Grown news the only true news the world tree rules
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