Test 16 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

did u hear Dan rang 999 for a laugh n the police came to his school n took him away in handcuffs!!

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, Dan, police, school n · What happens: hear, ring, come, take away · To what, where: 999, Dan, handcuffs · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★ 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	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	Dan	Dan	PROPN	Number=Sing	5 rang	nsubj
5	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
6	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 rang	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 laugh	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 laugh	det
9	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 rang	obl
10	n	n	SCONJ	_	13 came	mark
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 police	det
12	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	13 came	nsubj
13	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	5 rang	advcl
14	to	to	SCONJ	_	18 took	mark
15	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	17 n	nmod:poss
16	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 n	compound
17	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 took	nsubj
18	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	13 came	advcl
19	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 took	obj
20	away	away	ADV	_	18 took	advmod
21	in	in	ADP	_	22 handcuffs	case
22	handcuffs	handcuff	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 took	obl
23	!!	!!	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	ring	past	Dan	999		for a laugh	vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location 999=Theme
3	come	past	the police				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	take away	past	Dan's school n	Dan	handcuffs	away property	vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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 prank call 999, it ties up real help; the handcuffs may be blown up

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 call	advmod
2	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 call	compound
3	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 call	obj
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 ties	punct
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 ties	nsubj
7	ties	tie	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 call	parataxis
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 ties	compound:prt
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 help	amod
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 ties	obj
11	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 blown	punct
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 handcuffs	det
13	handcuffs	handcuff	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 blown	nsubj:pass
14	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 blown	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 blown	aux:pass
16	blown	blow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 call	conj
17	up	up	ADP	_	16 blown	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not call speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	999	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient
2	tie up	present	it	real help	vn mix-22.1-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent help=Patient
3	blow up	may · passive		the handcuffs	vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Prank calls are fine if you hang up fast before anyone can trace the call

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 calls	compound
2	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 hang	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 hang	nsubj
7	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	advcl
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 hang	compound:prt
9	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	7 hang	advmod
10	before	before	SCONJ	_	13 trace	mark
11	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 trace	nsubj
12	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	13 trace	aux
13	trace	trace	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 hang	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 call	det
15	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 trace	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	Prank calls		fine property	tree rules
2	hang up a condition, not said to happen	present	you		fast property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	trace	can	anyone	the call		vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme

Option 3

999 is only for adults

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	5 adults	nummod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 adults	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	5 adults	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 adults	case
5	adults	adult	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						for 999 adults	tree rules

Option 4

Police never mind prank calls

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mind	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 mind	advmod
3	mind	mind	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 calls	compound
5	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 mind	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not mind	present	Police	prank calls					vn caring-75.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent call=Theme

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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