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Test 6 · ★ · Scary films, nightmares and sad endings

A boy on the bus: "That alien film was real, my cousin says it was on the news." What is the best check?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: alien film, cousin, boy, best check · What happens: be, say · To what, where: film, news · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 56 «Scary films, nightmares and sad endings» 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: A boy on the bus: "That alien film was real, my cousin says it was on the news."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 news	nsubj
3	on	on	ADP	_	5 bus	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bus	det
5	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
6	:	:	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	12 real	punct
8	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 film	det
9	alien	alien	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 film	amod
10	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 real	nsubj
11	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	12 real	cop
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 boy	amod
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 says	punct
14	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	15 cousin	nmod:poss
15	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 says	nsubj
16	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 real	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 says	obj
18	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	21 news	cop
19	on	on	ADP	_	21 news	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 news	det
21	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	21 news	punct
23	"	"	PUNCT	_	21 news	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	past	that alien film					real property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my cousin	film					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
3	is in a quote	past	a boy on the bus			the news			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: What is the best check?

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 check	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 check	amod
5	check	check	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the best check						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Ask the boy to swear it is true on his life

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 swear	mark
5	swear	swear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 true	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 true	cop
8	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 swear	ccomp
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 life	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 life	nmod:poss
11	life	life	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 swear	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		the boy				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent boy=Recipient clause=Topic
2	swear not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			boy's life			vn conjecture-29.5 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	it					true property	tree rules

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Look at a proper news channel; it would be everywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Look	look	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	at	at	ADP	_	6 channel	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 channel	det
4	proper	proper	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 channel	amod
5	news	news	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 channel	compound
6	channel	channel	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Look	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	1 Look	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 everywhere	nsubj
9	would	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 everywhere	aux
10	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	11 everywhere	cop
11	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	1 Look	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	look	imperative	you not said here					at a proper news channel	vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at channel=Theme
2	is	would	channel					everywhere property	tree rules

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Watch the film again to see if it's true

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Watch	watch	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 film	det
3	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Watch	obj
4	again	again	ADV	_	1 Watch	advmod
5	to	to	PART	_	6 see	mark
6	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Watch	advcl
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	10 true	mark
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 true	nsubj
9	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 true	cop
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 see	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	imperative	you not said here	the film			again		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme
2	see	to-infinitive	you not said here						vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	film					true property	tree rules

Option 4

Believe the cousin, because cousins always know these things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Believe	believe	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 cousin	det
3	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Believe	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 know	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 know	mark
6	cousins	cousin	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 know	nsubj
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 know	advmod
8	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Believe	parataxis
9	these	this	DET	Number=Plur PronType=Dem	10 things	det
10	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 know	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	believe	imperative	you not said here	the cousin					vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer cousin=Stimulus
2	know	present	cousins	this things				always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

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