Test 1 · ★ · Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how…

Isla can't sleep after seeing a few seconds of an 18 film at a friend's house. Her big brother: "Just forget it, don't tell Mum, she'll go mental." Put him right.

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: Isla, friend, you · What happens: not sleep, see, forget, not tell, go, put · To what, where: house, Mum, Isla · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 1 · ★ of lesson 58 «Landing on an 18 film by accident: how it happens and how it feels» 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: Isla can't sleep after seeing a few seconds of an 18 film at a friend's house.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 sleep	nsubj
2	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sleep	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 sleep	advmod
4	sleep	sleep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	after	after	SCONJ	_	6 seeing	mark
6	seeing	see	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	4 sleep	advcl
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 seconds	det
8	few	few	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 seconds	amod
9	seconds	second	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 seeing	obj
10	of	of	ADP	_	13 film	case
11	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 film	det
12	18	18	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 film	nummod
13	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 seconds	nmod
14	at	at	ADP	_	18 house	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 friend	det
16	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 house	nmod:poss
17	's	's	PART	_	16 friend	case
18	house	house	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 seeing	obl
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 sleep	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not sleep	can	Isla						vn snooze-40.4-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	see	gerund	Isla not said here			a friend's house	second		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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: Her big brother: "Just forget it, don't tell Mum, she'll go mental."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 brother	nmod:poss
2	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 brother	amod
3	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	:	:	PUNCT	_	7 forget	punct
5	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 forget	punct
6	Just	just	ADV	_	7 forget	advmod
7	forget	forget	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 brother	appos
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 forget	obj
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 tell	punct
10	do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	12 tell	aux
11	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	12 tell	advmod
12	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	7 forget	parataxis
13	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 tell	obj
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 go	punct
15	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 go	nsubj
16	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 go	aux
17	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 tell	conj
18	mental	mental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	17 go	xcomp
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	7 forget	punct
20	"	"	PUNCT	_	7 forget	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	forget in a quote	infinitive		house			tree rules
2	not tell speech: assert in a quote	infinitive · do-support			Mum		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
3	go in a quote	future	friend			mental property	vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Sentence 3: Put him right.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Put	obj
3	right	right	ADV	_	1 Put	advmod
4	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Put	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	put	imperative	you not said here		Isla			right property	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent he=Goal

The options

Option 1

Isla should watch the whole film to forget it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 watch	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 watch	aux
3	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 film	det
5	whole	whole	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 film	amod
6	film	film	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 watch	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 forget	mark
8	forget	forget	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 watch	advcl
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 forget	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	watch	should	Isla	the whole film					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent film=Theme
2	forget	to-infinitive	Isla not said here	film					tree rules

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Telling Mum helps; good parents don't blame you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 helps	csubj
2	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Telling	iobj
3	helps	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 blame	punct
5	good	good	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 parents	amod
6	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 blame	nsubj
7	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 blame	aux
8	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	9 blame	advmod
9	blame	blame	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 helps	advcl
10	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 blame	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	gerund			Mum	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	help	present	Telling			vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
3	not blame	present · do-support	good parents	you		vn judgment-33.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme

Option 3

He's right, telling grown-ups always makes things much worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 makes	punct
5	telling	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	10 makes	csubj
6	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 ups	amod
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 ups	punct
8	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 telling	obj
9	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	10 makes	advmod
10	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	conj
11	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 makes	obj
12	much	much	ADV	_	13 worse	advmod
13	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	10 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	He		right property	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	gerund		grown ups		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent up=Recipient
3	grow	participle				vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	make	present	telling	things	always, bad property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset thing=Product

Option 4

Isla should tell the friend's mum to ring Mum

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Isla	Isla	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 tell	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 tell	aux
3	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 friend	det
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 mum	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 friend	case
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 tell	obj
8	to	to	PART	_	9 ring	mark
9	ring	ring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 tell	advcl
10	Mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 ring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	Isla		the friend's mum				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
2	ring	to-infinitive	Isla not said here	Mum					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mum=Theme

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