Test 16 · ★★★ · Thinking about noticing

Emma says noticing stuff is just for spies. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Emma, noticing · What happens: say, notice, be · To what, where: stuff · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★★ of lesson 20 «Thinking about noticing» 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	Emma	Emma	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	noticing	notice	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	8 spies	csubj
4	stuff	stuff	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 noticing	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 spies	cop
6	just	just	ADV	_	8 spies	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 spies	case
8	spies	spy	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 says	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	10 true	punct
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	parataxis
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Emma			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	notice	gerund		stuff		vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer stuff=Stimulus
3	is	present	noticing		for spies	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it keeps everyone safe every day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	4 keeps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	4 keeps	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 keeps	nsubj
4	keeps	keep	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	everyone	everyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Tot	4 keeps	obj
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 keeps	xcomp
7	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	8 day	det
8	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 keeps	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	present	it	everyone			day	safe property	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everyone=Theme

Option 2

Yes, normal people do not need it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 need	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	normal	normal	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 need	nsubj
5	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 need	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 need	advmod
7	need	need	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 need	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not need	present · do-support	normal people	it					vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot it=Theme

Option 3

Yes, only police notice things

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	4 police	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	only	only	ADV	_	4 police	advmod
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 notice	nsubj
5	notice	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 notice	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	notice	present	police	things					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer thing=Stimulus

Option 4

Yes, unless you are lost

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 lost	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 lost	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 lost	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 lost	aux:pass
6	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lose	present · passive		you					vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality

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