Test 17 · ★ · Responsibility, independence and curiosity

my mate says his cousin plugged in her dad's drill to see how it works n it nearly took her hand off, blood everywhere. what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, cousin, drill, it · What happens: say, plug, see, work, take off, be · To what, where: drill, hand, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 101 «Responsibility, independence and curiosity» of the everyday 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 cousin	nmod:poss
5	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plugged	nsubj
6	plugged	plug	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
7	in	in	ADP	_	11 drill	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 dad	nmod:poss
9	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 drill	nmod:poss
10	's	's	PART	_	9 dad	case
11	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 plugged	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 see	mark
13	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 plugged	advcl
14	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	16 works	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 works	nsubj
16	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 see	ccomp
17	n	n	SCONJ	_	20 took	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 took	nsubj
19	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	20 took	advmod
20	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 works	ccomp
21	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	22 hand	nmod:poss
22	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 took	obj
23	off	off	ADP	_	20 took	compound:prt
24	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 blood	punct
25	blood	blood	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 took	advcl
26	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	25 blood	advmod
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	32 lesson	nsubj
29	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 lesson	cop
30	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	32 lesson	det
31	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	32 lesson	amod
32	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	plug	past	mate's cousin		cousin's dad's drill		vn fill-9.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme
3	see	to-infinitive	mate's cousin not said here				vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
4	work	present	drill				vn use-105.1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	take off	past	it	cousin's hand		nearly property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent hand=Theme
6	is a	present		the real lesson			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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never use adult tools or machines alone, however curious you are

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 use	advmod
2	use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	adult	adult	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 tools	amod
4	tools	tool	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 use	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 machines	cc
6	machines	machine	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tools	conj
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 use	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 curious	punct
9	however	however	ADV	_	10 curious	advmod
10	curious	curious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 use	parataxis
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 curious	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 curious	cop

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not use	imperative	you not said here	adult tools or machines				alone property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tool=Patient
2	is	present	you					curious, however property	tree rules

Option 2

Curiosity is bad, so you should never ask how anything works or try to find out

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Curiosity	curiosity	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bad	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 bad	cop
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 ask	punct
5	so	so	ADV	_	9 ask	advmod
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 ask	nsubj
7	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 ask	aux
8	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 ask	advmod
9	ask	ask	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bad	parataxis
10	how	how	ADV	PronType=Int	12 works	advmod
11	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 works	nsubj
12	works	work	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 ask	ccomp
13	or	or	CCONJ	_	14 try	cc
14	try	try	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 ask	conj
15	to	to	PART	_	16 find	mark
16	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	14 try	xcomp
17	out	out	ADP	_	16 find	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Curiosity	bad property	tree rules
2	not ask speech: ask	should	you		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	work	present	anything		vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
4	try	infinitive	you not said here		vn try-61.1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality
5	find out not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here		vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent

Option 3

Drills are only dangerous when you use them in the dark

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 dangerous	advmod
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	when	when	SCONJ	_	7 use	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 use	nsubj
7	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	advcl
8	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 use	obj
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 dark	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 dark	det
11	dark	dark	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Drills					dangerous property	tree rules
2	use	present	you	Drills = drill		the dark			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Patient

Option 4

Read the box first and then any tool is safe to use alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Read	read	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 box	det
3	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Read	obj
4	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	1 Read	advmod
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 safe	cc
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 safe	advmod
7	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	8 tool	det
8	tool	tool	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 safe	nsubj
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 safe	cop
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Read	conj
11	to	to	PART	_	12 use	mark
12	use	use	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 safe	xcomp
13	alone	alone	ADV	_	12 use	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	read	imperative	you not said here	the box		first property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Topic
2	is	present	any tool		then	safe property	tree rules
3	use	to-infinitive	any tool not said here			alone property	vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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