Test 11 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

im 10, app needs u to be 13, just put a fake birthday

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: im 10 app · What happens: need, be, put · To what, where: u, 13, fake birthday

This is test 11 · ★ of lesson 197 «Lies that do real harm» 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	im	im	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 app	amod
2	10	10	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 app	nummod
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	2 10	punct
4	app	app	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	nsubj
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 needs	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	9 13	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 13	cop
9	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 needs	parataxis
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 put	punct
11	just	just	ADV	_	12 put	advmod
12	put	put	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	5 needs	parataxis
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 birthday	det
14	fake	fake	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 birthday	amod
15	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 put	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	need	present	im 10 app	u	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot you=Theme
2	is a	to-infinitive		13	tree rules
3	put	infinitive		a fake birthday	vn invest-13.5.4-1 «NP V PP»: agent=Agent birthday=Goal

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

Yes, everyone does it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 does	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 does	nsubj
4	does	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 does	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	present	everyone	it					vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

Option 2

Yes, birthdays don't matter online because nobody ever checks them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 matter	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	birthdays	birthday	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 matter	nsubj
4	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 matter	advmod
6	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	online	online	ADV	_	6 matter	advmod
8	because	because	SCONJ	_	11 checks	mark
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	11 checks	nsubj
10	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	11 checks	advmod
11	checks	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 matter	advcl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 checks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	birthdays					online property	vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	check	present	nobody	birthdays = birthday			ever		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 3

Yes, if your friend has it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 has	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 has	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 has	mark
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 friend	nmod:poss
5	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 has	nsubj
6	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	have	present	your friend	it					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, age limits are there to keep children safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	6 there	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	age	age	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 limits	compound
4	limits	limit	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 there	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 there	cop
6	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 keep	mark
8	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 there	advcl
9	children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 keep	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 keep	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	age limits					there property	tree rules
2	keep	to-infinitive	age limits not said here	children				safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent child=Theme

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