Test 19 · ★ · Money in town and staying safe in crowds
kids say the man asking for money outside the shop is "a fake, he's got a mansion". spread that?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kids, man · What happens: say, ask, be, get, spread · To what, where: mansion, that · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 19 · ★ of lesson 276 «Money in town and staying safe in crowds» 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 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 say | nsubj |
| 2 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 man | det |
| 4 | man | man | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 fake | nsubj |
| 5 | asking | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 4 man | acl |
| 6 | for | for | ADP | _ | 7 money | case |
| 7 | money | money | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asking | obl |
| 8 | outside | outside | ADP | _ | 10 shop | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 shop | det |
| 10 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 asking | obl |
| 11 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 fake | cop |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 14 fake | punct |
| 13 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 14 fake | det |
| 14 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 say | ccomp |
| 15 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 18 got | punct |
| 16 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 got | nsubj |
| 17 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 got | aux |
| 18 | got | get | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 14 fake | advcl |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 mansion | det |
| 20 | mansion | mansion | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 got | obj |
| 21 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 18 got | punct |
| 22 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| 23 | spread | spread | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 say | conj |
| 24 | that | that | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 23 spread | obj |
| 25 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 2 say | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | kids | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ask speech: ask | gerund | the man not said here | for money; outside the shop | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | is in a quote | present | the man | fake property | tree rules | ||||
| 4 | get in a quote | present · passive | man | a mansion | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer mansion=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | spread | infinitive | kids not said here | that | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location that=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.
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Yes, because it's funny
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 6 funny | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 funny | punct |
| 3 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 6 funny | mark |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 funny | nsubj |
| 5 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 funny | cop |
| 6 | funny | funny | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | it | funny property | tree rules |
Option 2
Yes, and shout it at him
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 shout | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 shout | punct |
| 3 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 4 shout | cc |
| 4 | shout | shout | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shout | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 him | case |
| 7 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 shout | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shout speech: express | imperative | you not said here | it | at him = he | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Topic |
Option 3
Yes, warn everyone he's a fake
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 3 warn | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | warn | warn | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | everyone | everyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 3 warn | obj |
| 5 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fake | nsubj |
| 6 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fake | cop |
| 7 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 8 fake | det |
| 8 | fake | fake | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 warn | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | warn speech: warn | imperative | you not said here | everyone | vn advise-37.9-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent everyone=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | is a | present | he | a fake | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
No, it's only a rumour; let your adult decide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 7 rumour | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 rumour | nsubj |
| 4 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 7 rumour | cop |
| 5 | only | only | ADV | _ | 7 rumour | advmod |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 rumour | det |
| 7 | rumour | rumour | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 9 let | punct |
| 9 | let | let | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 7 rumour | parataxis |
| 10 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 11 adult | nmod:poss |
| 11 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 let | obj |
| 12 | decide | decide | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 9 let | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | it | a rumour | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | let | infinitive | your adult | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | decide | infinitive | your adult not said here | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.
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