Test 22 · ★ · Safe and kind in gardens and forests

someone carved "J + K forever" in a heart on a tree in the park. what does it mean and is it ok?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: someone, park · What happens: carve, mean, be · To what, where: J, heart

This is test 22 · ★ of lesson 229 «Safe and kind in gardens and forests» 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	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	22 mean	nsubj
2	carved	carve	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 someone	acl
3	"	"	PUNCT	_	4 J	punct
4	J	J	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 carved	obl
5	+	+	SYM	_	6 K	cc
6	K	thousand	NUM	Abbr=Yes NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 carved	obl
7	forever	forever	ADV	_	6 K	advmod
8	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 K	punct
9	in	in	ADP	_	11 heart	case
10	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 heart	det
11	heart	heart	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 carved	obl
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 tree	case
13	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 tree	det
14	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 heart	nmod
15	in	in	ADP	_	17 park	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 park	det
17	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 tree	nmod
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 someone	punct
19	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 mean	obj
20	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 mean	aux
21	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	22 mean	nsubj
22	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
23	and	and	CCONJ	_	26 ok	cc
24	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	26 ok	cop
25	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	26 ok	nsubj
26	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 mean	conj
27	?	?	PUNCT	_	22 mean	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	carve	participle		J	a heart on a tree in the park	K obl	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in heart=Destination
2	mean	present · do-support	someone				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Topic
3	is	present	park			ok property	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.

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

Two people saying they love each other; carving trees hurts them, so it's not ok

The tree, 16 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Two	two	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	2 people	nummod
2	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	saying	say	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 people	acl
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 love	nsubj
5	love	love	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 saying	ccomp
6	each	each	DET	ExtPos=PRON PronType=Rcp	5 love	obj
7	other	other	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 each	fixed
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 hurts	punct
9	carving	carve	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	11 hurts	csubj
10	trees	tree	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 carving	obj
11	hurts	hurt	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 people	parataxis
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 hurts	obj
13	,	,	PUNCT	_	18 ok	punct
14	so	so	ADV	_	18 ok	advmod
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	18 ok	nsubj
16	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 ok	cop
17	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	18 ok	advmod
18	ok	ok	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 hurts	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	gerund	Two people not said here			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	love	present	people	each		vn admire-31.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer each=Stimulus
3	carve	gerund		trees		vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent tree=Theme
4	hurt	present	carving	trees = tree		vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Patient
5	not is	present	it		ok property	tree rules

Option 2

It's a treasure clue, so dig under the tree to find the treasure box

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 clue	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 clue	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 clue	det
4	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 clue	compound
5	clue	clue	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	8 dig	punct
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 dig	advmod
8	dig	dig	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 clue	conj
9	under	under	ADP	_	11 tree	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 tree	det
11	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 dig	obl
12	to	to	PART	_	13 find	mark
13	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 dig	advcl
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	16 box	det
15	treasure	treasure	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 box	compound
16	box	box	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 find	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a treasure clue		tree rules
2	dig	infinitive			the tree	vn hunt-35.1 «NP V PP.theme PP.location»: agent=Agent under tree=Location
3	find	to-infinitive		the treasure box		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent box=Topic

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

It's a warning sign about the tree, so tell the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sign	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sign	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sign	det
4	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	compound
5	sign	sign	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	about	about	ADP	_	8 tree	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 tree	det
8	tree	tree	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sign	nmod
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 tell	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	11 tell	advmod
11	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 sign	parataxis
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 police	det
13	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a warning sign				about the tree	tree rules
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive		the police					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient

Option 4

It's a maths sum someone left, so it's fine to leave it

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sum	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 sum	cop
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 sum	det
4	maths	maths	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 sum	compound
5	sum	sum	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 left	nsubj
7	left	leave	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	5 sum	acl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 fine	punct
9	so	so	ADV	_	12 fine	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 fine	expl
11	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 fine	cop
12	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 sum	parataxis
13	to	to	PART	_	14 leave	mark
14	leave	leave	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 fine	csubj
15	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 leave	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a maths sum		tree rules
2	leave	participle	someone	a maths sum not said here		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent sum=Theme
3	is	present			fine property	tree rules
4	leave	to-infinitive		sum		vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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