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Test 8 · ★ · Lies that do real harm

In New Zealand, the emergency number is 111. When should a child call it?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: emergency number, child · What happens: be, call · To what, where: 111, New Zealand, number · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 8 · ★ 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: In New Zealand, the emergency number is 111.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	In	in	ADP	_	3 Zealand	case
2	New	New	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 Zealand	flat
3	Zealand	Zealand	PROPN	Number=Sing	9 111	obl
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 Zealand	punct
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 number	det
6	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 number	compound
7	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 111	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 111	cop
9	111	111	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	root	root
10	.	.	PUNCT	_	9 111	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the emergency number	111		New Zealand			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.

Sentence 2: When should a child call it?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	When	when	SCONJ	_	5 call	mark
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 call	aux
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 child	det
4	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	nsubj
5	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 call	obj
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 call	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	should	a child	number					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Recipient

The options

Option 1

To test whether the phone is working properly before a real emergency

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 test	mark
2	test	test	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	whether	whether	SCONJ	_	7 working	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 phone	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 working	nsubj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 working	aux
7	working	work	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 test	advcl
8	properly	properly	ADV	_	7 working	advmod
9	before	before	ADP	_	12 emergency	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 emergency	det
11	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 emergency	amod
12	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 working	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	test	to-infinitive							vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	work	present · progressive	the phone				before a real emergency	properly property	vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Only in a real emergency, never as a prank

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 emergency	advmod
2	in	in	ADP	_	5 emergency	case
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 emergency	det
4	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 emergency	amod
5	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 prank	punct
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	10 prank	advmod
8	as	as	ADP	_	10 prank	case
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 prank	det
10	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 emergency	parataxis

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 3

To ask what time the shops open

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	To	to	PART	_	2 ask	mark
2	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	what	what	DET	PronType=Int	4 time	det
4	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 ask	obj
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 shops	det
6	shops	shop	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 ask	obj
7	open	open	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ask	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	to-infinitive		the shops			time	open property	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent shop=Recipient

Option 4

Whenever she is bored at home alone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Whenever	whenever	ADV	PronType=Rel	4 bored	advmod
2	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 bored	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 bored	aux:pass
4	bored	bore	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 home	case
6	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 bored	obl
7	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 bored	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	bore	present · passive		she		home		alone, whenever property	vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer

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