Test 17 · ★ · Airports and planes

did u hear a man joked "got a bomb in me bag" at the airport and they arrested him on the spot, my uncle saw it. lesson?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, man, they, uncle · What happens: hear, joke, get, arrest, see · To what, where: lesson, man, bomb bag, airport, spot, bag · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ of lesson 271 «Airports and planes» 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 man	det
5	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	nsubj
6	joked	joke	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 man	acl
7	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 joked	punct
8	got	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 bomb	det
10	bomb	bomb	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 bag	compound
11	in	in	ADP	_	12 me	case
12	me	I	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	10 bomb	nmod
13	bag	bag	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obj
14	"	"	PUNCT	_	13 bag	punct
15	at	at	ADP	_	17 airport	case
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 airport	det
17	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 got	obl
18	and	and	CCONJ	_	20 arrested	cc
19	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 arrested	nsubj
20	arrested	arrest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 got	conj
21	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 arrested	obj
22	on	on	ADP	_	24 spot	case
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 spot	det
24	spot	spot	NOUN	Number=Sing	20 arrested	obl
25	,	,	PUNCT	_	28 saw	punct
26	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	27 uncle	nmod:poss
27	uncle	uncle	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 saw	nsubj
28	saw	see	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	24 spot	acl:relcl
29	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	28 saw	obj
30	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
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	lesson		vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	joke speech: other	participle		a man not said here		vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	get in a quote	past	a man	bomb bag	the airport	vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent bag=Theme at airport=Asset
4	arrest	past	they	man	the spot	vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Patient
5	see	past	my uncle	bag		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer it=Stimulus

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

Jokes are fine if you laugh straight after

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Jokes	joke	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fine	nsubj
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 laugh	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 laugh	nsubj
6	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
7	straight	straight	ADV	_	6 laugh	advmod
8	after	after	ADP	_	6 laugh	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Jokes					fine property	tree rules
2	laugh after a condition, not said to happen	present	you					straight property	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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

Never joke about bombs at an airport; it's treated as real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 joke	advmod
2	joke	joke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	about	about	ADP	_	4 bombs	case
4	bombs	bomb	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 joke	obl
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 airport	case
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 airport	det
7	airport	airport	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 joke	obl
8	;	;	PUNCT	_	11 treated	punct
9	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 treated	nsubj:pass
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 treated	aux:pass
11	treated	treat	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 joke	conj
12	as	as	ADP	_	13 real	case
13	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 treated	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not joke speech: other	imperative	you not said here			a airport		about bombs	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent about bomb=Topic
2	treat	present · passive		airport				as real	vn characterize-29.2 «NP V NP S_ING»: subject=Theme as real=Attribute

Option 3

Airports arrest people just for laughing

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Airports	airport	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arrest	nsubj
2	arrest	arrest	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 arrest	obj
4	just	just	ADV	_	6 laughing	advmod
5	for	for	SCONJ	_	6 laughing	mark
6	laughing	laugh	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	2 arrest	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	arrest	present	Airports	people					vn prosecute-33.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent people=Patient
2	laugh	gerund	Airports not said here						vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Only joke quietly so security can't hear

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 joke	advmod
2	joke	joke	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	quietly	quietly	ADV	_	2 joke	advmod
4	so	so	SCONJ	_	8 hear	mark
5	security	security	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 hear	nsubj
6	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	8 hear	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 hear	advmod
8	hear	hear	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 joke	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	joke speech: other	imperative	you not said here					quietly property	vn chit_chat-37.6 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	not hear	can	security						vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer

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