Test 16 · ★ · More greetings and making introductions
did u hear, the new girl's cousin told some gamer his school n now the police are at his house every day apparently
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: u, cousin, police · What happens: hear, tell, be · To what, where: school, gamer, house · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 16 · ★ of lesson 125 «More greetings and making introductions» 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 | _ | 10 told | punct |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 girl | det |
| 6 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 girl | amod |
| 7 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 8 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 7 girl | case |
| 9 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | nsubj |
| 10 | told | tell | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | parataxis |
| 11 | some | some | DET | PronType=Ind | 12 gamer | det |
| 12 | gamer | gamer | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | iobj |
| 13 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 14 school | nmod:poss |
| 14 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | obj |
| 15 | n | not | ADV | _ | 16 now | advmod |
| 16 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 22 house | advmod |
| 17 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 18 police | det |
| 18 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 22 house | nsubj |
| 19 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 22 house | cop |
| 20 | at | at | ADP | _ | 22 house | case |
| 21 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 22 house | nmod:poss |
| 22 | house | house | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | obl |
| 23 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 24 day | det |
| 24 | day | day | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 told | obl:unmarked |
| 25 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 3 hear | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | apparently property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | tell speech: assert | past | the new girl's cousin | cousin's school | some gamer | day | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent gamer=Recipient school=Topic | ||
| 3 | is | present | the police | cousin's house | now | 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 · ✓ the right answer
Never share real details online; the police part is probably blown up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 share | advmod |
| 2 | share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 details | amod |
| 4 | details | detail | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 share | obj |
| 5 | online | online | ADV | _ | 2 share | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 12 blown | punct |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 part | det |
| 8 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 9 part | nsubj |
| 9 | part | part | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blown | nsubj:pass |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 blown | aux:pass |
| 11 | probably | probably | ADV | _ | 12 blown | advmod |
| 12 | blown | blow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 share | conj |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 blown | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not share | imperative | you not said here | real details | online property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | part | police | tree rules | ||||||
| 3 | blow up | present · passive | the part | probably property | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Share your school only with gamers who seem nice and say they are your age
The tree, 15 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Share | share | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 school | nmod:poss |
| 3 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Share | obj |
| 4 | only | only | ADV | _ | 6 gamers | advmod |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 gamers | case |
| 6 | gamers | gamer | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 age | nsubj |
| 7 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 seem | nsubj |
| 8 | seem | seem | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gamers | acl:relcl |
| 9 | nice | nice | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 seem | xcomp |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 11 say | cc |
| 11 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 seem | conj |
| 12 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 say | obj |
| 13 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 age | cop |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 15 age | nmod:poss |
| 15 | age | age | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Share | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | share | imperative | you not said here | your school | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | seem | present | gamers | nice property | vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 3 | say speech: assert | present | gamers not said here | gamers = gamer | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent they=Topic | ||||
| 4 | is a | present | gamers | your age | tree rules |
Option 3
Police visit every child who plays online games
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 visit | nsubj |
| 2 | visit | visit | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 4 child | det |
| 4 | child | child | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 visit | obj |
| 5 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 6 plays | nsubj |
| 6 | plays | play | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 child | acl:relcl |
| 7 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 games | amod |
| 8 | games | game | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 plays | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | visit | present | Police | every child | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Co-Agent | ||||
| 2 | play | present | every child | online games | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent game=Theme |
Option 4
The story proves gaming is always illegal
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 story | det |
| 2 | story | story | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 proves | nsubj |
| 3 | proves | prove | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | gaming | gaming | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 illegal | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 illegal | cop |
| 6 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 7 illegal | advmod |
| 7 | illegal | illegal | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 proves | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | prove | present | the story | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | gaming | always, illegal property | tree rules |
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