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Test 2 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?

A girl plans to jump out at her grandad, who has a heart problem, at the top of the stairs. What is the danger?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, grandad, danger · What happens: plan, jump out, have, be · To what, where: top, heart problem

This is test 2 · ★★ 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

Sentence 1: A girl plans to jump out at her grandad, who has a heart problem, at the top of the stairs.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 girl	det
2	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 plans	nsubj
3	plans	plan	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 jump	mark
5	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 plans	xcomp
6	out	out	ADV	_	5 jump	advmod
7	at	at	ADP	_	9 grandad	case
8	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 grandad	nmod:poss
9	grandad	grandad	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jump	obl
10	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 has	punct
11	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 has	nsubj
12	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 grandad	acl:relcl
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 problem	det
14	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 problem	compound
15	problem	problem	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 has	obj
16	,	,	PUNCT	_	19 top	punct
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 top	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 top	det
19	top	top	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jump	obl
20	of	of	ADP	_	22 stairs	case
21	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 stairs	det
22	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	19 top	nmod
23	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 plans	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	plan	present	a girl						vn intend-61.2-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	jump out not said to happen	to-infinitive	a girl not said here			the top of the stairs		at girl's grandad; out property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at grandad=Trajectory
3	have	present	girl's grandad	a heart problem					vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent problem=Patient

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 the danger?

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	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 danger	det
4	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
5	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the danger						tree rules

The options

Option 1

There is no danger if she only shouts «boo» softly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	There	there	PRON	PronType=Dem	2 is	expl
2	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	4 danger	det
4	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 is	nsubj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 shouts	mark
6	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 shouts	nsubj
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 shouts	advmod
8	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 is	advcl
9	«	«	PUNCT	_	10 boo	punct
10	boo	boo	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 shouts	obj
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	10 boo	punct
12	softly	softly	ADV	_	8 shouts	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	be	present	no danger			there			vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	shout speech: express a condition, not said to happen	present	danger	boo				softly property	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent boo=Topic

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

He might jump out at her the next time she comes

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 jump	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 jump	aux
3	jump	jump	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	out	out	ADV	_	3 jump	advmod
5	at	at	ADP	_	6 her	case
6	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 jump	obl
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 time	det
8	next	next	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 time	amod
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 jump	obl:unmarked
10	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 comes	nsubj
11	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 time	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump out	might	He				time	at her = she; out property	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at she=Trajectory
2	come	present	she	the next time not said here					vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location time=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

The fright could make him fall or feel unwell

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 fright	det
2	fright	fright	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 make	nsubj
3	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 make	aux
4	make	make	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 make	obj
6	fall	fall	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	xcomp
7	or	or	CCONJ	_	8 feel	cc
8	feel	feel	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 make	conj
9	unwell	unwell	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 feel	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	could	the fright	him = he					tree rules
2	fall	infinitive	him = he not said here						vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	feel	infinitive	the fright not said here					unwell property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 4

He might not notice her at all and just walk on by

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 notice	nsubj
2	might	might	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 notice	aux
3	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 notice	advmod
4	notice	notice	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 notice	obj
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 notice	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 walk	cc
9	just	just	ADV	_	10 walk	advmod
10	walk	walk	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 notice	conj
11	on	on	ADP	_	10 walk	compound:prt
12	by	by	ADP	_	10 walk	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not notice	might	He	her = she		all			vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
2	walk on	infinitive	He not said here						vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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