Test 18 · ★ · Sharp things, small objects and little ones

kids at the bus stop reckon a boy found a needle in the park, picked it up, n "turned into a zombie". what's just a rumour

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, boy · What happens: reckon, find, pick up, turn, be · To what, where: bus stop, needle, park, zombie, rumour

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 112 «Sharp things, small objects and little ones» 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	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 reckon	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	5 stop	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 stop	det
4	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 stop	compound
5	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reckon	obl
6	reckon	reckon	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 boy	det
8	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	nsubj
9	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 reckon	parataxis
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 needle	det
11	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 found	obj
12	in	in	ADP	_	14 park	case
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 park	det
14	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 needle	nmod
15	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 picked	punct
16	picked	pick	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	9 found	parataxis
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 picked	obj
18	up	up	ADP	_	16 picked	compound:prt
19	,	,	PUNCT	_	22 turned	punct
20	n	and	CCONJ	Abbr=Yes	22 turned	cc
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	22 turned	punct
22	turned	turn	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	16 picked	conj
23	into	into	ADP	_	25 zombie	case
24	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 zombie	det
25	zombie	zombie	NOUN	Number=Sing	22 turned	obl
26	"	"	PUNCT	_	25 zombie	punct
27	.	.	PUNCT	_	6 reckon	punct
28	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	32 rumour	nsubj
29	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	32 rumour	cop
30	just	just	ADV	_	32 rumour	advmod
31	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	32 rumour	det
32	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 reckon	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	reckon	infinitive	kids		the bus stop	vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent
2	find	past	a boy	a needle	the park	vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent needle=Topic
3	pick up	past		needle		vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic
4	turn in a quote	past			a zombie	vn roll-51.3.1 «NP V PP.trajectory»: agent=Theme into zombie=Trajectory
5	is a	present		a rumour		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

That a used needle should never be touched

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	8 touched	nsubj:pass
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 needle	det
3	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 needle	amod
4	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 touched	nsubj:pass
5	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 touched	aux
6	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	8 touched	advmod
7	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 touched	aux:pass
8	touched	touch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	participle							vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not touch	should · passive		That					vn contiguous_location-47.8-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Co-Theme

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

The zombie bit; the real point is never touch a needle

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 bit	det
2	zombie	zombie	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 bit	compound
3	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
4	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 touch	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 point	det
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 point	amod
7	point	point	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 touch	nsubj:outer
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 touch	cop
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 touch	advmod
10	touch	touch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 bit	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 needle	det
12	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 touch	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not is	present	the real point					touch property	tree rules

Option 3

That you should tell a grown-up straight away about a needle in the park

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	4 tell	nsubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 tell	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 grown	det
6	grown	grown	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj
7	-	-	PUNCT	_	8 up	punct
8	up	up	ADP	_	6 grown	compound
9	straight	straight	ADV	_	10 away	advmod
10	away	away	ADV	_	4 tell	advmod
11	about	about	ADP	_	13 needle	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 needle	det
13	needle	needle	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 park	case
15	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 park	det
16	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	should	That	a grown		the park		about a needle; away property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient about needle=Topic

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

That needles found outside can carry infections

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 needles	det
2	needles	needle	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	nsubj
3	found	find	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 needles	acl
4	outside	outside	ADV	_	3 found	advmod
5	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 carry	aux
6	carry	carry	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	infections	infection	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 carry	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	find	participle		that needles not said here				outside property	vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent
2	carry	can	that needles	infections					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent infection=Theme

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