Test 18 · ★ · Safe toys for you and little ones

apparently a boy took his toy gun to the shopping centre and armed police surrounded him. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, armed police, true lesson · What happens: take, surround, be · To what, where: toy gun, shopping centre, boy

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 241 «Safe toys for you and little ones» 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 took	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 boy	det
3	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	nsubj
4	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	7 gun	nmod:poss
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 gun	compound
7	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obj
8	to	to	ADP	_	11 centre	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 centre	det
10	shopping	shopping	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 centre	compound
11	centre	centre	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 took	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 police	cc
13	armed	armed	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 police	amod
14	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 centre	conj
15	surrounded	surround	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	14 police	acl
16	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 surrounded	obj
17	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct
18	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 took	parataxis
19	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 what	cop
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	22 lesson	det
21	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	22 lesson	amod
22	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 what	nsubj
23	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 took	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	take	past	a boy	boy's toy gun	the shopping centre and armed police	apparently property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gun=Theme to centre=Destination
2	surround	participle	armed police not said here	boy			vn contiguous_location-47.8 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme he=Co-Theme
3	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

Toy guns are fine to take anywhere

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 guns	compound
2	guns	gun	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	to	to	PART	_	6 take	mark
6	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 fine	csubj
7	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 take	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Toy guns					fine property	tree rules
2	take	to-infinitive						anywhere property	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Police can always tell a toy

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 tell	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 tell	aux
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 tell	advmod
4	tell	tell	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 toy	det
6	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 tell	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	can	Police	a toy				always property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent toy=Recipient

Option 3

Just paint it a bright colour first and then it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Just	just	ADV	_	2 paint	advmod
2	paint	paint	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 paint	obj
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 colour	det
5	bright	bright	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 colour	amod
6	colour	colour	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 paint	obj
7	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	2 paint	advmod
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 fine	cc
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	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	2 paint	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	paint	imperative	you not said here	it				first property	vn coloring-24 «NP V NP ADJP»: agent=Agent it=Patient colour=Result
2	is	present	you not said here				then	fine property	tree rules

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never take a realistic toy gun to a public place

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 take	advmod
2	take	take	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 gun	det
4	realistic	realistic	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 gun	amod
5	toy	toy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 gun	compound
6	gun	gun	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	10 place	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 place	det
9	public	public	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 place	amod
10	place	place	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not take	imperative	you not said here	a realistic toy gun		a public place			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent gun=Theme to place=Destination

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