Test 9 · ★ · Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages
Your friend found a trick to get past his parental controls. What's the wise move?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: friend, wise move · What happens: find, get, be · To what, where: trick, parental controls
This is test 9 · ★ of lesson 13 «Strangers, hooks and too-perfect messages» of the AI 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: Your friend found a trick to get past his parental controls.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 friend | nmod:poss |
| 2 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | nsubj |
| 3 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 trick | det |
| 5 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 found | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 trick | acl |
| 8 | past | past | ADP | _ | 11 controls | case |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 controls | nmod:poss |
| 10 | parental | parental | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 11 controls | amod |
| 11 | controls | control | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 get | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 found | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | Your friend | a trick | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent trick=Topic | ||||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | Your friend not said here | a trick not said here | friend's parental controls | vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme past control=Destination |
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 the wise move?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 move | det |
| 4 | wise | wise | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 move | amod |
| 5 | move | move | 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 wise move | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Talk to his parents about the rules instead
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Talk | talk | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 parents | case |
| 3 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 4 parents | nmod:poss |
| 4 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Talk | obl |
| 5 | about | about | ADP | _ | 7 rules | case |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 rules | det |
| 7 | rules | rule | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Talk | obl |
| 8 | instead | instead | ADV | _ | 1 Talk | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | talk | imperative | you not said here | to his parents; about the rules; instead property | vn talk-37.5 «NP V PP.co-agent PP.topic»: agent=Agent to parent=Co-Agent about rule=Topic |
Option 2
Teach everyone the trick so they can all use it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teach | teach | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Teach | obj |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 trick | det |
| 4 | trick | trick | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Teach | obj |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 9 use | mark |
| 6 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 use | nsubj |
| 7 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 use | aux |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 9 use | advmod |
| 9 | use | use | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Teach | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 use | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | teach speech: other | imperative | you not said here | the trick | everyone | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient trick=Topic | |||
| 2 | use | can | they | trick | all property | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
Option 3
Keep it a secret forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 secret | det |
| 4 | secret | secret | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Keep | xcomp |
| 5 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Keep | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | forever property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
Use it only on weekends
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Use | use | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Use | obj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 weekends | advmod |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 5 weekends | case |
| 5 | weekends | weekend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Use | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | use | imperative | you not said here | it | weekend | vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient |
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