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Test 2 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

A boy in Brisbane hurt his arm jumping off a shed and tells the nurse he slipped. Why is this a bad idea?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, this · What happens: hurt, jump off, tell, slip, be · To what, where: arm, shed, nurse, bad idea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy in Brisbane hurt his arm jumping off a shed and tells the nurse he slipped.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Brisbane	case
4	Brisbane	Brisbane	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 arm	nmod:poss
7	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 hurt	obj
8	jumping	jump	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 hurt	advcl
9	off	off	ADP	_	8 jumping	compound:prt
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 shed	det
11	shed	shed	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 jumping	obj
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 tells	cc
13	tells	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	conj
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 nurse	det
15	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tells	obj
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 slipped	nsubj
17	slipped	slip	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 nurse	acl:relcl
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 hurt	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hurt	past	a boy in Brisbane	boy's arm					vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer arm=Patient
2	jump off	gerund	a boy in Brisbane not said here	a shed					vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme shed=Trajectory
3	tell speech: assert	present	a boy in Brisbane not said here	the nurse					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent nurse=Recipient
4	slip	past	boy	the nurse not said here					vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent nurse=Patient

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.

Sentence 2: Why is this a bad idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 idea	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	this	this	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 idea	nsubj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	this	a bad idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1

Slipping injuries are always worse

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Slipping	slip	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 injuries	amod
2	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 worse	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 worse	cop
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 worse	advmod
5	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	slip	gerund							vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1-1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
2	is	present	Slipping injuries					always, bad property	tree rules

Option 2

It is only a bad idea if the arm is broken

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 idea	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 idea	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 broken	mark
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 arm	det
9	arm	arm	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 broken	nsubj:pass
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 broken	aux:pass
11	broken	break	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	6 idea	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a bad idea					tree rules
2	break a condition, not said to happen	present · passive	a bad idea not said here	the arm					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Nurses tell your parents every word you say, so it gets you in trouble

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Nurses	nurse	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tell	nsubj
2	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 parents	nmod:poss
4	parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 tell	iobj
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 word	det
6	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 tell	obj
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 word	acl:relcl
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 gets	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 gets	advmod
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 gets	nsubj
12	gets	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 tell	parataxis
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 gets	obj
14	in	in	ADP	_	15 trouble	case
15	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 gets	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	present	Nurses	every word	your parents				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient word=Topic
2	say speech: assert	present	you	every word not said here					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent word=Topic
3	get	present	word	you		trouble			vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The nurse needs the real story to check the right injuries

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 nurse	det
2	nurse	nurse	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	nsubj
3	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 story	det
5	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 story	amod
6	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 needs	obj
7	to	to	PART	_	8 check	mark
8	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 needs	advcl
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 injuries	det
10	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 injuries	amod
11	injuries	injury	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 check	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	the nurse	the real story					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot story=Theme
2	check	to-infinitive	the nurse not said here	the right injuries					vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent injury=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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