Test 4 · ★★ · Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental contr…

Big cousin: "Parental controls are pointless, nothing gets past them anyway, so you don't need the two steps." What's wrong?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Parental controls, nothing, you · What happens: be, get, not need · To what, where: two steps

This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 60 «Next time: switch off, tell a grown-up, and parental controls» 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: Big cousin: "Parental controls are pointless, nothing gets past them anyway, so you don't need the two steps."

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cousin	amod
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	8 pointless	punct
4	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 pointless	punct
5	Parental	parental	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 controls	amod
6	controls	control	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 pointless	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pointless	cop
8	pointless	pointless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 cousin	parataxis
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 gets	punct
10	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 gets	nsubj
11	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 pointless	parataxis
12	past	past	ADP	_	13 them	case
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 gets	obl
14	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	11 gets	advmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	20 need	punct
16	so	so	ADV	_	20 need	advmod
17	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	20 need	nsubj
18	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	20 need	aux
19	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	20 need	advmod
20	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 pointless	parataxis
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	23 steps	det
22	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	23 steps	nummod
23	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	20 need	obj
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	2 cousin	punct
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	2 cousin	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Parental controls		pointless property	tree rules
2	get in a quote	present	nothing		past controls = control; anyway property	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past they=Destination
3	not need in a quote	present · do-support	you	the two steps		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot step=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: What's wrong?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	3 wrong	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 wrong	cop
3	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 wrong	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						wrong property	tree rules

The options

Option 1

The two steps only work when there are no controls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 steps	det
2	two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	3 steps	nummod
3	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 work	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 work	advmod
5	work	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 are	mark
7	there	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	8 are	expl
8	are	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 work	advcl
9	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	10 controls	det
10	controls	control	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 are	nsubj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	work	present	the two steps						vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	does	present	no controls			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

He's right, controls block absolutely everything bad, every time

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	_	6 block	punct
5	controls	control	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 block	nsubj
6	block	block	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	absolutely	absolutely	ADV	_	9 bad	advmod
8	everything	everything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	9 bad	nsubj
9	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 block	advcl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 time	punct
11	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	12 time	det
12	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	block	present	controls						vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Controls help, but none is perfect, so the steps matter

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Controls	control	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 perfect	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 perfect	cc
5	none	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	7 perfect	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 perfect	cop
7	perfect	perfect	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 help	conj
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 matter	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 matter	advmod
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 steps	det
11	steps	step	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 matter	nsubj
12	matter	matter	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 help	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	help	present	Controls		vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	none	perfect property	tree rules
3	matter	present	the steps		vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

Controls are only for grown-ups, not for kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Controls	control	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ups	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 ups	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	7 ups	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 ups	case
5	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ups	amod
6	-	-	PUNCT	_	5 grown	punct
7	ups	up	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 kids	punct
9	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 kids	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 kids	case
11	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 ups	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present	Controls					for grown ups and kids	tree rules

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