Test 17 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

did u hear a kid forged his mum's signature on his report and "the school called the police". lesson?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, kid, school, mum · What happens: hear, forge, call, sign, report · To what, where: lesson, signature, report, police · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	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 kid	det
5	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forged	nsubj
6	forged	forge	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	ccomp
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	8 mum	nmod:poss
8	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 signature	nmod:poss
9	's	's	PART	_	8 mum	case
10	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forged	obj
11	on	on	ADP	_	13 report	case
12	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	13 report	nmod:poss
13	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 forged	obl
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 called	cc
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 called	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 school	det
17	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 called	nsubj
18	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	6 forged	conj
19	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	20 police	det
20	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 called	obj
21	"	"	PUNCT	_	20 police	punct
22	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
23	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	obl:unmarked
24	?	?	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 S_ING»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus
2	forge	past	a kid	kid's mum's signature	kid's report	vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent signature=Theme on report=Destination
3	call in a quote	past	the school	the police		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent police=Recipient
4	sign		kid's mum			nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent
5	report		kid			nom report «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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

Forging is fine as long as the writing looks real enough

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Forging	forge	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	3 fine	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	as	as	ADV	_	5 long	advmod
5	long	long	ADV	Degree=Pos	3 fine	advmod
6	as	as	SCONJ	_	9 looks	mark
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 writing	det
8	writing	writing	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 looks	nsubj
9	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	parataxis
10	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 looks	xcomp
11	enough	enough	ADV	_	9 looks	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	forge	gerund			vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
2	is	present		fine, long property	tree rules
3	look	present	the writing	enough, real property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Get a friend to sign it instead, then it isn't you

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 friend	det
3	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sign	mark
5	sign	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Get	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sign	obj
7	instead	instead	ADV	_	5 sign	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 is	punct
9	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	11 is	advmod
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 is	nsubj
11	is	be	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Get	conj
12	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	11 is	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	1 Get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here	a friend			tree rules
2	sign	to-infinitive	a friend not said here	friend		instead property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
3	not be	present	friend		then		vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never forge a parent's signature; it breaks trust

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 forge	advmod
2	forge	forge	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 parent	det
4	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 signature	nmod:poss
5	's	's	PART	_	4 parent	case
6	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 forge	obj
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	9 breaks	punct
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 breaks	nsubj
9	breaks	break	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	2 forge	advcl
10	trust	trust	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 breaks	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	not forge	imperative	you not said here	a parent's signature	vn build-26.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Product
2	break	present	signature	trust	vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer trust=Patient
3	sign		a parent		nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Only sign it yourself for small notes, never for reports

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 sign	advmod
2	sign	sign	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	2 sign	obj
4	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	2 sign	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 notes	case
6	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 notes	amod
7	notes	note	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sign	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 reports	punct
9	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 reports	advmod
10	for	for	ADP	_	11 reports	case
11	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 sign	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	imperative	you not said here	it				for small notes; for reports	vn instr_communication-37.4.1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent it=Recipient yourself=Topic

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