Test 4 · ★ · Rumours and gossip
A message says «Text this to ten friends or a monster will visit you tonight.» What is it?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: message, monster · What happens: say, text, visit, be · To what, where: this, you · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A message says «Text this to ten friends or a monster will visit you tonight.»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 message | det |
| 2 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 5 Text | punct |
| 5 | Text | text | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 6 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 5 Text | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 friends | case |
| 8 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 9 friends | nummod |
| 9 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 Text | obl |
| 10 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 14 visit | cc |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 monster | det |
| 12 | monster | monster | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 visit | nsubj |
| 13 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 visit | aux |
| 14 | visit | visit | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 Text | conj |
| 15 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 visit | obj |
| 16 | tonight | tonight | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 visit | obl:unmarked |
| 17 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 Text | punct |
| 18 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 5 Text | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | a message | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | text in a quote | infinitive | this | to ten friends | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | visit in a quote | future | a monster | you | tonight | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Co-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: What is it?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 What | nsubj |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | monster | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ✓ the right answer
A hoax meant to scare and spread
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 hoax | det |
| 2 | hoax | hoax | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | meant | mean | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 hoax | acl |
| 4 | to | to | PART | _ | 5 scare | mark |
| 5 | scare | scare | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 meant | xcomp |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 spread | cc |
| 7 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 scare | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | participle | a hoax not said here | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | scare not said to happen | to-infinitive | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer | ||||||
| 3 | spread | infinitive | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
A message you must send to stay safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 message | det |
| 2 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 send | nsubj |
| 4 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 send | aux |
| 5 | send | send | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 message | acl:relcl |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 stay | mark |
| 7 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 send | xcomp |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 stay | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | must | you | a message not said here | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | stay | to-infinitive | a message not said here | safe property | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
Option 3
Something to ignore unless you have pets
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | root | root |
| 2 | to | to | PART | _ | 3 ignore | mark |
| 3 | ignore | ignore | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Something | acl |
| 4 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 6 have | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 have | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 ignore | advcl |
| 7 | pets | pet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 have | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ignore | to-infinitive | vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | have a condition, not said to happen | present | you | pets | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pet=Patient |
Option 4
A real warning from the police
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 warning | det |
| 2 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 warning | amod |
| 3 | warning | warning | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | from | from | ADP | _ | 6 police | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 police | det |
| 6 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 warning | nmod |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
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