Test 6 · ★ · Safe toys for you and little ones
A teenager points a toy gun that looks real at people in the street as a joke. Why is this dangerous?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: teenager, toy gun, this · What happens: point, look, be · To what, where: toy gun, street
This is test 6 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A teenager points a toy gun that looks real at people in the street as a joke.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 teenager | det |
| 2 | teenager | teenager | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 points | nsubj |
| 3 | points | point | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 gun | det |
| 5 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 gun | compound |
| 6 | gun | gun | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 points | obj |
| 7 | that | that | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 looks | nsubj |
| 8 | looks | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 gun | acl:relcl |
| 9 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 looks | xcomp |
| 10 | at | at | ADP | _ | 11 people | case |
| 11 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 looks | obl |
| 12 | in | in | ADP | _ | 14 street | case |
| 13 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 14 street | det |
| 14 | street | street | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looks | obl |
| 15 | as | as | ADP | _ | 17 joke | case |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 17 joke | det |
| 17 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 looks | obl |
| 18 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 points | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | point | present | a teenager | a toy gun | vn wink-40.3.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent gun=Patient | ||||
| 2 | look | present | a toy gun | the street | at people; as a joke; real property | vn peer-30.3 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent at people=Theme |
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: Why is this dangerous?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | this | this | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 dangerous | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | this | dangerous property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
It is only dangerous if it is loaded with caps
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 | 4 dangerous | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 dangerous | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 dangerous | advmod |
| 4 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 loaded | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 loaded | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 loaded | aux:pass |
| 8 | loaded | load | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 dangerous | advcl |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 caps | case |
| 10 | caps | cap | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 loaded | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | dangerous property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | load a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | it | with caps | vn spray-9.7-2 «NP V NP.destination PP.theme»: subject=Destination with cap=Theme |
Option 2
Toy guns can sometimes fire real bullets
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 | 7 bullets | nsubj |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 bullets | aux |
| 4 | sometimes | sometimes | ADV | PronType=Ind | 7 bullets | advmod |
| 5 | fire | fire | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 real | compound |
| 6 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 7 bullets | amod |
| 7 | bullets | bullet | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Someone, even the police, may think it is real
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Someone | someone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 8 think | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 police | punct |
| 3 | even | even | ADV | _ | 5 police | advmod |
| 4 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 police | det |
| 5 | police | police | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Someone | conj |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Someone | punct |
| 7 | may | may | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 think | aux |
| 8 | think | think | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 real | nsubj |
| 10 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 real | cop |
| 11 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 think | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | think speech: other | may | Someone | vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | present | it | real property | tree rules |
Option 4
It wastes the toy's batteries
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 | 2 wastes | nsubj |
| 2 | wastes | waste | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 toy | det |
| 4 | toy | toy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 batteries | nmod:poss |
| 5 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 4 toy | case |
| 6 | batteries | battery | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 wastes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | waste | present | It | the toy's batteries | vn destroy-44 «NP.instrument V NP»: agent=Instrument battery=Patient |
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