Test 18 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

apparently Finn swallowed some of his mum's pills for a dare n said nothing, they say his stomach exploded

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Finn, dare n, pills, stomach · What happens: swallow, say, explode · To what, where: some, nothing · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	3 swallowed	advmod
2	Finn	Finn	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 swallowed	nsubj
3	swallowed	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	3 swallowed	obj
5	of	of	ADP	_	9 pills	case
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 mum	nmod:poss
7	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 pills	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 mum	case
9	pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 some	nmod
10	for	for	SCONJ	_	14 said	mark
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 n	det
12	dare	dare	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 n	compound
13	n	n	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 said	nsubj
14	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 swallowed	advcl
15	nothing	nothing	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	14 said	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 say	punct
17	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 say	nsubj
18	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 swallowed	parataxis
19	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	20 stomach	nmod:poss
20	stomach	stomach	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 exploded	nsubj
21	exploded	explode	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 say	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	swallow	past	Finn	some	apparently property	vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent some=Patient
2	say speech: assert	past	a dare n	nothing		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic
3	say speech: assert	present	pills = pill			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	explode	past	Finn's stomach			vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=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

Wait and see if he feels ill

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wait	wait	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
2	and	and	CCONJ	_	3 see	cc
3	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Wait	conj
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 feels	mark
5	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 feels	nsubj
6	feels	feel	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 see	ccomp
7	ill	ill	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 feels	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	wait	imperative	you not said here		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	see	infinitive	you not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
3	feel a condition, not said to happen	present	he	ill property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Swallowing pills is safe for kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Swallowing	swallow	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 safe	csubj
2	pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Swallowing	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 safe	cop
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 kids	case
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 safe	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	swallow	gerund		pills					vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Patient
2	is	present	Swallowing					for kids; safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Never tell anyone, because he'll get into big trouble with his mum for taking them

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 tell	advmod
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 tell	obj
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 get	punct
5	because	because	SCONJ	_	8 get	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 get	nsubj
7	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 get	aux
8	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 tell	conj
9	into	into	ADP	_	11 trouble	case
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 trouble	amod
11	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 get	obl
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 mum	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 mum	nmod:poss
14	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 trouble	nmod
15	for	for	SCONJ	_	16 taking	mark
16	taking	take	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 get	advcl
17	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 taking	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	not tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		anyone		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient
2	get	future	he			big trouble with his mum	vn escape-51.1 «NP V PP.destination»: agent=Theme into trouble=Destination
3	take	gerund	he not said here	them = they			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Tell an adult at once if anyone swallows pills; the exploding bit is a rumour

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 adult	det
3	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	at	at	ADP	_	5 once	case
5	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	1 Tell	obl
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 swallows	mark
7	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 swallows	nsubj
8	swallows	swallow	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Tell	advcl
9	pills	pill	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 swallows	obj
10	;	;	PUNCT	_	16 rumour	punct
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 bit	det
12	exploding	explode	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	13 bit	amod
13	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 rumour	nsubj
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 rumour	cop
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 rumour	det
16	rumour	rumour	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here		a adult	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
2	swallow a condition, not said to happen	present	anyone	pills		vn gobble-39.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pill=Patient
3	explode	gerund				vn sound_emission-43.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme
4	is a	present	the exploding bit	a rumour		tree rules

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