Test 8 · ★★ · Pranks: harmless fun or real harm?
A boy phones random numbers and pretends to be a policeman. Who might he upset most?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: phone, pretend, be, upset · To what, where: random numbers, policeman, most
This is test 8 · ★★ 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 boy phones random numbers and pretends to be a policeman.
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 phones | nsubj |
| 3 | phones | phone | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | random | random | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 numbers | amod |
| 5 | numbers | number | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 phones | obj |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 pretends | cc |
| 7 | pretends | pretend | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 phones | conj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 11 policeman | mark |
| 9 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 11 policeman | cop |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 policeman | det |
| 11 | policeman | policeman | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 pretends | xcomp |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 phones | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | phone | present | a boy | random numbers | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | pretend | present | a boy not said here | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | is a | to-infinitive | a boy not said here | a policeman | tree rules |
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: Who might he upset most?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 4 upset | nsubj |
| 2 | might | might | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 upset | aux |
| 3 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 upset | nsubj |
| 4 | upset | upset | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | most | most | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 4 upset | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 upset | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | upset | might | most | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Stimulus most=Experiencer |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
An older person living alone who is frightened
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 person | det |
| 2 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 person | amod |
| 3 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 frightened | nsubj:pass |
| 4 | living | live | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 3 person | acl |
| 5 | alone | alone | ADV | _ | 4 living | advmod |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 living | parataxis |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 frightened | aux:pass |
| 8 | frightened | frighten | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | live | gerund | a older person not said here | alone property | vn exist-47.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | frighten | present · passive | a older person | vn amuse-31.1 «NP V NP»: subject=Experiencer |
Option 2
Nobody at all, since it is all just pretend
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | root | root |
| 2 | at | at | ADP | _ | 3 all | case |
| 3 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 1 Nobody | nmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 pretend | punct |
| 5 | since | since | SCONJ | _ | 10 pretend | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 pretend | nsubj |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 pretend | cop |
| 8 | all | all | ADV | _ | 10 pretend | advmod |
| 9 | just | just | ADV | _ | 10 pretend | advmod |
| 10 | pretend | pretend | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Nobody | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | all, pretend property | tree rules |
Option 3
Only the real police officers who hear about it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 officers | advmod |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 officers | det |
| 3 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 officers | amod |
| 4 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 officers | compound |
| 5 | officers | officer | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 hear | nsubj |
| 7 | hear | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 officers | acl:relcl |
| 8 | about | about | ADP | _ | 9 it | case |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 hear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hear | present | the real police officers | about it | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer about it=Stimulus |
Option 4
Only people whose phones do not show caller ID
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 2 people | advmod |
| 2 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 show | nsubj |
| 3 | whose | whose | PRON | Poss=Yes PronType=Rel | 4 phones | nmod:poss |
| 4 | phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 people | obj |
| 5 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 show | aux |
| 6 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 7 show | advmod |
| 7 | show | show | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 8 | caller | call | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 9 ID | amod |
| 9 | ID | id | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 show | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not show | present · do-support | people | caller ID | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent id=Recipient |
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