Test 4 · ★ · Honest work at school
A boy got a bad note and signs his dad's name on it himself. Why is this so serious?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, dad, this · What happens: get, sign, name, be · To what, where: bad note, name
This is test 4 · ★ of lesson 201 «Honest work at school» 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 got a bad note and signs his dad's name on it himself.
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 | 3 got | nsubj |
| 3 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 note | det |
| 5 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 note | amod |
| 6 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 got | obj |
| 7 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 8 signs | cc |
| 8 | signs | sign | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 got | conj |
| 9 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 10 dad | nmod:poss |
| 10 | dad | dad | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 name | nmod:poss |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 dad | case |
| 12 | name | name | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 signs | obj |
| 13 | on | on | ADP | _ | 14 it | case |
| 14 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 signs | obl |
| 15 | himself | himself | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes | 8 signs | obl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 got | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | past | a boy | a bad note | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer note=Stimulus | ||||
| 2 | sign | present | a boy not said here | boy's dad's name | name | boy obl | vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme on it=Destination | ||
| 3 | name | boy's dad | nom name «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
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 so serious?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 5 serious | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 serious | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 serious | nsubj |
| 4 | so | so | ADV | _ | 5 serious | advmod |
| 5 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 serious | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | serious property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is not serious if the note is short and only about something small
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 | 4 serious | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 serious | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 serious | advmod |
| 4 | serious | serious | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 9 short | mark |
| 6 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 7 note | det |
| 7 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 short | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 short | cop |
| 9 | short | short | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 serious | advcl |
| 10 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 13 something | cc |
| 11 | only | only | ADV | _ | 13 something | advmod |
| 12 | about | about | ADP | _ | 13 something | case |
| 13 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 serious | conj |
| 14 | small | small | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 something | amod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is | present | It | serious property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | is a condition, not said to happen | present | the note | short property | tree rules |
Option 2
Because the note will get lost
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 lost | mark |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 note | det |
| 3 | note | note | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 lost | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 lost | aux |
| 5 | get | get | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 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 | future · passive | the note | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 3
Because his handwriting is untidy
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Because | because | SCONJ | _ | 5 untidy | mark |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 handwriting | nmod:poss |
| 3 | handwriting | handwriting | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 untidy | nsubj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 untidy | cop |
| 5 | untidy | untidy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | his handwriting | untidy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | handwrite | his = he | nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Forging a signature is a big lie that breaks trust
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forging | forge | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 lie | csubj |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 signature | det |
| 3 | signature | signature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Forging | obj |
| 4 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lie | cop |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 lie | det |
| 6 | big | big | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 lie | amod |
| 7 | lie | lie | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 9 breaks | nsubj |
| 9 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 lie | acl:relcl |
| 10 | trust | trust | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 breaks | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forge | gerund | a signature | vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Product | |||||
| 2 | is a | present | Forging | a big lie | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | break | present | a big lie | trust | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient |
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