Test 17 · ★ · Tests, exams and mistakes

did u hear a girl changed her test mark from a 4 to a 9 and her mum found out and it was way worse than the 4? real lesson?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, girl, mum, mark · What happens: hear, change, find out, be, mark · To what, where: real lesson, test mark, 9, way · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 255 «Tests, exams and mistakes» 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	did	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	aux
2	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 hear	nsubj
3	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changed	nsubj
6	changed	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 mark	nmod:poss
8	test	test	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 mark	compound
9	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 changed	obj
10	from	from	ADP	_	15 9	case
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 9	det
12	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	15 9	nsubj
13	to	to	ADP	_	15 9	case
14	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	15 9	det
15	9	9	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 changed	obl
16	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 found	cc
17	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	18 mum	nmod:poss
18	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 found	nsubj
19	found	find	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 changed	conj
20	out	out	ADP	_	19 found	compound:prt
21	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 way	cc
22	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	24 way	nsubj
23	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 way	cop
24	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 found	ccomp
25	worse	bad	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	24 way	acl:relcl
26	than	than	ADP	_	28 4	case
27	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	28 4	det
28	4	4	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	25 worse	obl
29	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
30	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 lesson	amod
31	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
32	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u	real lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	change	past	a girl	girl's test mark	a 9	vn turn-26.6.1-1 «NP V NP.patient PP.material PP.result»: agent=Agent mark=Patient from 9=Initial_State
3	find out	past	girl's mum			vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent
4	is a	past	mark	way		tree rules
5	mark		girl			nom mark «cognition transitive»: poss=agent

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

Marks don't matter so it's fine

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 matter	nsubj
2	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 matter	aux
3	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	4 matter	advmod
4	matter	matter	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	so	so	ADV	_	8 fine	advmod
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 fine	expl
7	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 fine	cop
8	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 matter	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not matter	present · do-support	Marks						vn matter-91 «NP V»: agent=Stimulus
2	is	present	Marks not said here					fine property	tree rules

Option 2

Use a pen that matches the teacher's better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Use	use	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 pen	det
3	pen	pen	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Use	obj
4	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 matches	nsubj
5	matches	match	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 pen	acl:relcl
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 teacher	det
7	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 matches	obj
8	's	's	PART	_	7 teacher	case
9	better	good	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	5 matches	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	imperative	you not said here	a pen					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent pen=Patient
2	match	present	a pen	the teacher				good property	vn amalgamate-22.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Patient

Option 3

Only change marks by a little, so nobody notices it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 change	advmod
2	change	change	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	marks	mark	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 change	obj
4	by	by	ADP	_	6 little	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 little	det
6	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 change	obl
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 notices	punct
8	so	so	ADV	_	10 notices	advmod
9	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 notices	nsubj
10	notices	notice	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 change	advcl
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 notices	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	change	imperative	you not said here	marks				by a little	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient
2	notice	present	nobody	it					vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

Changing a mark is dishonest and makes trouble bigger

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 dishonest	csubj
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 mark	det
3	mark	mark	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obj
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dishonest	cop
5	dishonest	dishonest	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 makes	cc
7	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 dishonest	conj
8	trouble	trouble	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 makes	obj
9	bigger	big	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	7 makes	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	change	gerund		a mark		vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent mark=Patient
2	is	present	Changing		dishonest property	tree rules
3	make	present	Changing not said here	trouble	big property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset trouble=Product

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