Test 18 · ★ · Bites, stings and things you find on the ground

my mate says if u step on a rusty nail u get lockjaw and can never open ur mouth again. probably exaggerated?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: mate, u · What happens: say, get, not open, exaggerate, step · To what, where: step, mouth, rusty nail · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	12 get	mark
5	u	u	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 step	nmod:poss
6	step	step	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obl
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 nail	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 nail	det
9	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 nail	amod
10	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 step	nmod
11	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	12 get	nsubj
12	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
13	lockjaw	lockjaw	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 get	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	17 open	cc
15	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 open	aux
16	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	17 open	advmod
17	open	open	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 get	conj
18	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	19 mouth	nmod:poss
19	mouth	mouth	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 open	obj
20	again	again	ADV	_	17 open	advmod
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
22	probably	probably	ADV	_	23 exaggerated	advmod
23	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 says	ccomp
24	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	get a condition, not said to happen	present	u	u's step on a rusty nail				vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer lockjaw=Stimulus
3	not open	can	u not said here	ur's mouth		again		vn spatial_configuration-47.6-1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location mouth=Theme
4	exaggerate	participle					probably property	tree rules
5	step		u		a rusty nail			nom step «act transitive»: poss=agent on=place

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

Totally true for every nail

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Totally	totally	ADV	_	2 true	advmod
2	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 nail	case
4	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	5 nail	det
5	nail	nail	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 true	obl

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never again is stretched, but tell an adult about rusty cuts

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 again	advmod
2	again	again	ADV	_	4 stretched	advmod
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stretched	aux:pass
4	stretched	stretch	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 tell	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	7 tell	cc
7	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 stretched	parataxis
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 tell	obj
10	about	about	ADP	_	12 cuts	case
11	rusty	rusty	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cuts	amod
12	cuts	cut	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 tell	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stretch	present · passive					again		vn bend-45.2 «NP.patient V»
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive			a adult			about rusty cuts	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient about cut=Topic

Option 3

Only new nails are dangerous

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	3 nails	advmod
2	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 nails	amod
3	nails	nail	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 dangerous	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dangerous	cop
5	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	new nails					dangerous property	tree rules

Option 4

Rust is harmless so ignore it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Rust	rust	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 harmless	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 harmless	cop
3	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	so	so	ADV	_	5 ignore	advmod
5	ignore	ignore	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 harmless	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 ignore	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Rust					harmless property	tree rules
2	ignore	infinitive	Rust not said here	Rust					vn neglect-75.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme

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