Test 10 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

can i just sign mums name on the reading log, she's busy

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: i, she · What happens: sign, be · To what, where: mums name, reading log

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 278 «Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm» 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	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 sign	aux
2	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	4 sign	nsubj
3	just	just	ADV	_	4 sign	advmod
4	sign	sign	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	mums	mum	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 name	compound
6	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	obj
7	on	on	ADP	_	10 log	case
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 log	det
9	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 log	compound
10	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 sign	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 busy	punct
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	14 busy	nsubj
13	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 busy	cop
14	busy	busy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sign	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	can	i	mums name		the reading log			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.theme PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme on log=Destination
2	is	present	she					busy property	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 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, schools never check the signatures anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 check	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	schools	school	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 check	nsubj
4	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 check	advmod
5	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 signatures	det
7	signatures	signature	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 check	obj
8	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	5 check	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not check	present	schools	the signatures				anyway property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Theme

Option 2

Only if you copy her handwriting really neatly

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 copy	advmod
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 copy	mark
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	4 copy	nsubj
4	copy	copy	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 handwriting	nmod:poss
6	handwriting	handwriting	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 copy	obj
7	really	really	ADV	_	8 neatly	advmod
8	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	4 copy	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	copy	present	you	her handwriting				neatly property	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent handwriting=Theme
2	handwrite		her = she						nom handwriting «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, forging her signature is a serious lie

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 forging	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	forging	forge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	9 lie	csubj
4	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 signature	nmod:poss
5	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 forging	obj
6	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 lie	cop
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 lie	det
8	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 lie	amod
9	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	forge	gerund		her signature	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Product
2	is a	present	forging	a serious lie	tree rules
3	sign		her = she		nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Yes, if you really did all the reading on the log

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 did	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 did	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 did	nsubj
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 did	advmod
6	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	9 reading	det:predet
8	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	9 reading	det
9	reading	reading	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obj
10	on	on	ADP	_	12 log	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 log	det
12	log	log	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 did	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	you	all reading		the log			vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent reading=Eventuality

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