Test 5 · ★ · Covering up, false alarms and playing fair

What is the main reason it is against the law to prank call 911 or 999?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: main reason, reason · What happens: be, call · To what, where: 911 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 277 «Covering up, false alarms and playing fair» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 law	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 law	cop
8	against	against	ADP	_	10 law	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 law	det
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	nmod
11	to	to	PART	_	13 call	mark
12	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 call	compound
13	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 law	advcl
14	911	911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 call	obj
15	or	or	CCONJ	_	16 999	cc
16	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	14 911	conj
17	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is a	present	the main reason			tree rules
2	is	present	reason		against the law	tree rules
3	call	to-infinitive	reason not said here	911		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 911=Recipient

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

Phones may break if used that way

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 break	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 break	aux
3	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 used	mark
5	used	use	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	3 break	advcl
6	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	7 way	det
7	way	way	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	may	Phones	that way					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Patient
2	use a condition, not said to happen	participle	Phones not said here						vn eat-39.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It makes the operators tired of their job

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 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 operators	det
4	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	of	of	ADP	_	8 job	case
7	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 job	nmod:poss
8	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 tired	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the operators				tired property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material operator=Product
2	job		operators = operator						nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It costs the caller a large fee each time they ring the number

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 costs	nsubj
2	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 caller	det
4	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fee	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fee	amod
7	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	obj
8	each	each	DET	PronType=Tot	9 time	det
9	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	obl:unmarked
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 ring	nsubj
11	ring	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 time	acl:relcl
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 number	det
13	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 ring	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	It	the caller			time		vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme caller=Beneficiary fee=Value
2	ring	present	they	the number					vn sound_emission-43.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location number=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It can delay help for someone in a real emergency

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	3 delay	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 delay	aux
3	delay	delay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delay	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 delay	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 emergency	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 emergency	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 emergency	amod
10	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delay	can	It	help		a real emergency		for someone	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent help=Source

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