Test 18 · ★ · Rumours and gossip

did u hear about the scary doll thing on the internet that comes into ur room at night?? kids are freaking out. real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, internet, kids · What happens: hear, come, freak out · To what, where: real lesson, room

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 202 «Rumours and gossip» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	about	about	ADP	_	8 thing	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 thing	det
6	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 thing	amod
7	doll	doll	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thing	compound
8	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl
9	on	on	ADP	_	11 internet	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 internet	det
11	internet	internet	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 thing	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 comes	nsubj
13	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 internet	acl:relcl
14	into	into	ADP	_	16 room	case
15	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	16 room	nmod:poss
16	room	room	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 comes	obl
17	at	at	ADP	_	18 night	case
18	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 room	nmod
19	??	??	PUNCT	_	22 freaking	punct
20	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	22 freaking	nsubj
21	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 freaking	aux
22	freaking	freak	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	3 hear	advcl
23	out	out	ADP	_	22 freaking	compound:prt
24	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
25	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	26 lesson	amod
26	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	real lesson		about the scary doll thing on the internet	vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer lesson=Stimulus
2	come	present	the internet		ur's room at night		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme into room=Initial_Location
3	freak out	present · progressive	kids				vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

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

Such viral scares are usually hoaxes; ask an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Such	such	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 scares	amod
2	viral	viral	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 scares	amod
3	scares	scare	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 hoaxes	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 hoaxes	cop
5	usually	usually	ADV	_	6 hoaxes	advmod
6	hoaxes	hoax	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 ask	punct
8	ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	6 hoaxes	parataxis
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 ask	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	Such viral scares	hoaxes				usually property	tree rules
2	ask speech: ask	infinitive			a adult				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient

Option 2

Stop using any computer or tablet at all

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Stop	stop	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	using	use	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	1 Stop	xcomp
3	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	4 computer	det
4	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 using	obj
5	or	or	CCONJ	_	6 tablet	cc
6	tablet	tablet	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 computer	conj
7	at	at	ADP	_	8 all	case
8	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 using	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	imperative	you not said here						vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Affector clause=Eventuality
2	use	gerund	you not said here	any computer or tablet		all			vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent computer=Patient

Option 3

Lock your door every night, just in case

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Lock	lock	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 door	nmod:poss
3	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lock	obj
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 night	det
5	night	night	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lock	obl:unmarked
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 case	punct
7	just	just	ADV	_	9 case	advmod
8	in	in	ADP	_	9 case	case
9	case	case	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Lock	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	lock	imperative	you not said here	your door		case	night		vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Patient

Option 4

Send the warning to every friend you have

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Send	send	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 warning	det
3	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 friend	case
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Send	obl
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 have	nsubj
8	have	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 friend	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	imperative	you not said here	the warning	every friend				vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent warning=Theme to friend=Destination
2	have	present	you	every friend not said here					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Patient

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