Test 17 · ★ · Chores and broken things

did u hear, Max smashed a mirror at his nan's, she says 7 yrs bad luck now lol. what's the real lesson

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Max, she · What happens: hear, smash, say, be · To what, where: mirror, nan, real lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 111 «Chores and broken things» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 smashed	punct
5	Max	Max	PROPN	Number=Sing	6 smashed	nsubj
6	smashed	smash	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 mirror	det
8	mirror	mirror	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smashed	obj
9	at	at	ADP	_	11 nan	case
10	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 nan	nmod:poss
11	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 smashed	obl
12	's	's	PART	_	11 nan	case
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 says	punct
14	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 says	nsubj
15	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
16	7	7	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	17 yrs	nummod
17	yrs	year	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Plur	15 says	obj
18	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	19 luck	amod
19	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 yrs	conj
20	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	15 says	advmod
21	lol	lol	INTJ	_	15 says	discourse
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
23	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	27 lesson	nsubj
24	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	27 lesson	cop
25	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	27 lesson	det
26	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	27 lesson	amod
27	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	smash	past	Max	a mirror	Max's nan		vn throw-17.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent mirror=Theme at nan=Destination
3	say speech: assert	present	she			now; year	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
4	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

He really will have seven years of bad luck now

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	4 have	nsubj
2	really	really	ADV	_	4 have	advmod
3	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	seven	seven	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	6 years	nummod
6	years	year	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	obj
7	of	of	ADP	_	9 luck	case
8	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 luck	amod
9	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 years	nmod
10	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	4 have	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	future	He				now; year		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

The only danger is the sharp glass, so clear it safely

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 danger	det
2	only	only	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 danger	amod
3	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 glass	nsubj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 glass	cop
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 glass	det
6	sharp	sharp	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 glass	amod
7	glass	glass	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 clear	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	10 clear	advmod
10	clear	clear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 glass	parataxis
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 clear	obj
12	safely	safely	ADV	_	10 clear	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the only danger	the sharp glass					tree rules
2	clear	infinitive		danger				safely property	vn clear-10.3-1 «NP V NP.source»: agent=Agent it=Source

Option 3

He should touch wood straight away to cancel out all the bad luck

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 touch	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 touch	aux
3	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	wood	wood	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 touch	obj
5	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 away	advmod
6	away	away	ADV	_	3 touch	advmod
7	to	to	PART	_	8 cancel	mark
8	cancel	cancel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 touch	advcl
9	out	out	ADP	_	8 cancel	compound:prt
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	13 luck	det:predet
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 luck	det
12	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	13 luck	amod
13	luck	luck	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 cancel	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	touch	should	He	wood				away property	vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme wood=Co-Theme
2	cancel out	to-infinitive	He not said here	all bad luck					tree rules

Option 4

Mirrors are safe to pick up because they are flat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mirrors	mirror	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 safe	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 safe	cop
3	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 pick	mark
5	pick	pick	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 safe	xcomp
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 pick	compound:prt
7	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 flat	mark
8	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 flat	nsubj
9	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 flat	cop
10	flat	flat	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 pick	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	is	present	Mirrors	safe property	tree rules
2	pick up	to-infinitive	Mirrors not said here		vn discover-84-1 «NP V PP.topic S_ING»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	Mirrors = mirror	flat property	tree rules

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