Test 17 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?
did u hear?? a kid pulled a chair away and the boy fell and cracked his head, ambulance came, blood everywhere. real lesson?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, boy, ambulance · What happens: hear, pull away, fall, crack, come · To what, where: real lesson, chair, head, blood
This is test 17 · ★★ of lesson 204 «Pranks: harmless fun or 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
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 | ?? | ?? | PUNCT | _ | 7 pulled | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | nsubj |
| 7 | pulled | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 hear | parataxis |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 chair | det |
| 9 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pulled | obj |
| 10 | away | away | ADV | _ | 7 pulled | advmod |
| 11 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 fell | cc |
| 12 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 13 boy | det |
| 13 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fell | nsubj |
| 14 | fell | fall | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 7 pulled | conj |
| 15 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 16 cracked | cc |
| 16 | cracked | crack | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 fell | conj |
| 17 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 18 head | nmod:poss |
| 18 | head | head | NOUN | Number=Sing | 16 cracked | obj |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 came | punct |
| 20 | ambulance | ambulance | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 came | nsubj |
| 21 | came | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 14 fell | conj |
| 22 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 23 blood | punct |
| 23 | blood | blood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 came | obl |
| 24 | everywhere | everywhere | ADV | PronType=Tot | 21 came | advmod |
| 25 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| 26 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 27 lesson | amod |
| 27 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 hear | obl:unmarked |
| 28 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 hear | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | past · do-support | u | real lesson | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | pull away | past | a kid | a chair | away property | tree rules | |||
| 3 | fall | past | the boy | vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | crack | past | the boy not said here | boy's head | vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location head=Theme | ||||
| 5 | come | past | ambulance | blood | everywhere property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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
Chair pranks are fine for strong kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pranks | compound |
| 2 | pranks | prank | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fine | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 fine | cop |
| 4 | fine | fine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 kids | case |
| 6 | strong | strong | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 kids | amod |
| 7 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 fine | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Chair pranks | for strong kids; fine property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Never pull a chair away; falls cause real injuries
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 2 pull | advmod |
| 2 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 chair | det |
| 4 | chair | chair | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pull | obj |
| 5 | away | away | ADV | _ | 2 pull | advmod |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 cause | punct |
| 7 | falls | fall | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cause | nsubj |
| 8 | cause | cause | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 pull | advcl |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 injuries | amod |
| 10 | injuries | injury | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 cause | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not pull away | imperative | you not said here | a chair | away property | tree rules | |||
| 2 | cause | present | falls | real injuries | vn engender-27.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Precondition injury=Patient |
Option 3
Only pull chairs on soft carpet
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 pull | advmod |
| 2 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | chairs | chair | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 pull | obj |
| 4 | on | on | ADP | _ | 6 carpet | case |
| 5 | soft | soft | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 carpet | amod |
| 6 | carpet | carpet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 pull | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pull | imperative | you not said here | chairs | soft carpet | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent chair=Theme |
Option 4
Warn the person a second before you pull it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Warn | warn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Warn | obj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 second | det |
| 5 | second | second | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Warn | obl:unmarked |
| 6 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 8 pull | mark |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 pull | nsubj |
| 8 | pull | pull | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Warn | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 pull | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | imperative | you not said here | the person | second | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent person=Recipient | |||
| 2 | pull | present | you | person | vn push-12-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
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