Test 18 · ★★ · Learning a skill, and coins and notes

apparently a kid flashed his birthday money at the bus stop and some older kids took it all. what's the true lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid, older kids · What happens: flash, take, be · To what, where: birthday money, bus stop, money, true lesson

This is test 18 · ★★ of lesson 260 «Learning a skill, and coins and notes» 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 flashed	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 kid	det
3	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flashed	nsubj
4	flashed	flash	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 money	nmod:poss
6	birthday	birthday	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 money	compound
7	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flashed	obj
8	at	at	ADP	_	11 stop	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 stop	det
10	bus	bus	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 stop	compound
11	stop	stop	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 flashed	obl
12	and	and	CCONJ	_	16 took	cc
13	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	15 kids	det
14	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	15 kids	amod
15	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	16 took	nsubj
16	took	take	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	4 flashed	conj
17	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 took	obj
18	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	17 it	det
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	24 lesson	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	16 took	obl
25	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 flashed	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	flash	past	a kid	kid's birthday money	the bus stop	apparently property	vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V NP.theme»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	take	past	some older kids	money			vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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 · ✓ the right answer

Don't show off money; it invites theft

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Do	do	AUX	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 show	aux
2	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	3 show	advmod
3	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	off	off	ADP	_	3 show	compound:prt
5	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 show	obj
6	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 invites	punct
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 invites	nsubj
8	invites	invite	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 show	parataxis
9	theft	theft	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 invites	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not show off	imperative · do-support	you not said here	money					vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent money=Recipient
2	invite	present	money	theft					vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent theft=Recipient

Option 2

Only show it to older kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 show	advmod
2	show	show	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 show	obj
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 kids	case
5	older	old	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	6 kids	amod
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 show	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	show	imperative	you not said here	it	older kids				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to kid=Recipient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice

Keep it in your hand, then nobody can take it from you

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	in	in	ADP	_	5 hand	case
4	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 hand	nmod:poss
5	hand	hand	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 take	punct
7	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	10 take	advmod
8	nobody	nobody	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Neg	10 take	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 take	aux
10	take	take	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Keep	conj
11	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 take	obj
12	from	from	ADP	_	13 you	case
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 take	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	it		your hand			vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent it=Theme in hand=Location
2	take	can	nobody	hand			then	from you	vn bring-11.3 «NP V NP PP.initial_location»: agent=Agent it=Theme from you=Initial_Location

Option 4

Carry more money so you can share it

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Carry	carry	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	3 money	amod
3	money	money	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Carry	obj
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	7 share	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 share	nsubj
6	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 share	aux
7	share	share	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Carry	advcl
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 share	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	carry	imperative	you not said here	more money					vn carry-11.4 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent money=Theme
2	share	can	you	money					tree rules

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