Test 17 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground
apparently a boy found a wallet with 500 dollars in the park and kept it and got arrested. what's the true lesson?
Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy · What happens: find, keep, get, arrest, be · To what, where: wallet, true lesson
This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 238 «Bites, stings and things you find on the ground» 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 | apparently | apparently | ADV | _ | 4 found | advmod |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | nsubj |
| 4 | found | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 24 lesson | advcl |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wallet | det |
| 6 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 found | obj |
| 7 | with | with | ADP | _ | 9 dollars | case |
| 8 | 500 | 500 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 9 dollars | nummod |
| 9 | dollars | dollar | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 wallet | nmod |
| 10 | in | in | ADP | _ | 12 park | case |
| 11 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 12 park | det |
| 12 | park | park | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 dollars | nmod |
| 13 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 14 kept | cc |
| 14 | kept | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | conj |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 kept | obj |
| 16 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 17 got | cc |
| 17 | got | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 found | conj |
| 18 | arrested | arrest | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 17 got | xcomp |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 found | punct |
| 20 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 24 lesson | nsubj |
| 21 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 24 lesson | cop |
| 22 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 24 lesson | det |
| 23 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 24 lesson | amod |
| 24 | lesson | lesson | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 24 lesson | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | find | past | a boy | a wallet | with 500 dollars in the park; apparently property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent wallet=Topic | |||
| 2 | keep | past | a boy not said here | wallet | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 3 | get | past | a boy not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 4 | arrest | participle | a boy not said here | vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 5 | is a | present | the true lesson | 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
Spend it quickly before someone asks
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Spend | spend | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Spend | obj |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Spend | advmod |
| 4 | before | before | SCONJ | _ | 6 asks | mark |
| 5 | someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 asks | nsubj |
| 6 | asks | ask | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Spend | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | spend | imperative | you not said here | it | quickly property | vn consume-66-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Asset | |||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | present | someone | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 2
Leave it where it is forever
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leave | leave | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Leave | obj |
| 3 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 6 forever | advmod |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 forever | nsubj |
| 5 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 forever | cop |
| 6 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 1 Leave | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | is | present | it | forever property | tree rules |
Option 3
Keep it if nobody saw you pick it up
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Keep | obj |
| 3 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 5 saw | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 saw | nsubj |
| 5 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | advcl |
| 6 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 saw | obj |
| 7 | pick | pick | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Keep | conj |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 pick | obj |
| 9 | up | up | ADP | _ | 7 pick | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | imperative | you not said here | it | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme | ||||
| 2 | see a condition, not said to happen | past | nobody | you | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer you=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | pick up | infinitive | you not said here | it | vn discover-84-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Give found money or a wallet to an adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Give | give | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 money | acl |
| 3 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obj |
| 4 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 6 wallet | cc |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 wallet | det |
| 6 | wallet | wallet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 money | conj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 9 adult | case |
| 8 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 adult | det |
| 9 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Give | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | give | imperative | you not said here | money or a wallet | a adult | vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Theme to adult=Recipient | |||
| 2 | find | participle | money or a wallet not said here | vn declare-29.4-1-1 «NP V what S_INF»: agent=Agent |
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