Test 2 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm

A boy in Melbourne lost a permission slip and thinks of writing his dad's name on a new one. What should he do instead?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: boy, dad · What happens: lose, think, write, name, do · To what, where: permission slip, name

This is test 2 · ★ 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

Sentence 1: A boy in Melbourne lost a permission slip and thinks of writing his dad's name on a new one.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	2 boy	det
2	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	nsubj
3	in	in	ADP	_	4 Melbourne	case
4	Melbourne	Melbourne	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 boy	nmod
5	lost	lose	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 slip	det
7	permission	permission	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 slip	compound
8	slip	slip	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 lost	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 thinks	cc
10	thinks	think	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 lost	conj
11	of	of	SCONJ	_	12 writing	mark
12	writing	write	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	10 thinks	advcl
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 dad	nmod:poss
14	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 name	nmod:poss
15	's	's	PART	_	14 dad	case
16	name	name	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 writing	obj
17	on	on	ADP	_	20 one	case
18	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	20 one	det
19	new	new	ADJ	Degree=Pos	20 one	amod
20	one	one	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 writing	obl
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	5 lost	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lose	past	a boy in Melbourne	a permission slip		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent slip=Eventuality
2	think speech: other	present	a boy in Melbourne not said here			vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	write	gerund	a boy in Melbourne not said here	boy's dad's name	on a new one	vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent name=Theme on one=Destination
4	name		boy's dad			nom name «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.

Sentence 2: What should he do instead?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	4 do	obj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 do	aux
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 do	nsubj
4	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	instead	instead	ADV	_	4 do	advmod
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 do	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	should	boy					instead property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Sign it neatly so it looks real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Sign	sign	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Sign	obj
3	neatly	neatly	ADV	_	1 Sign	advmod
4	so	so	ADV	_	6 looks	advmod
5	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 looks	nsubj
6	looks	look	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Sign	advcl
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 looks	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	sign	imperative	you not said here	it				neatly property	vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
2	look	present	it					real property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Ask his dad to sign it, even if it means being late

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 dad	nmod:poss
3	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
4	to	to	PART	_	5 sign	mark
5	sign	sign	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 sign	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 means	punct
8	even	even	ADV	_	11 means	advmod
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 means	mark
10	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 means	nsubj
11	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	parataxis
12	being	be	AUX	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	13 late	cop
13	late	late	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 means	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		his dad		vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent dad=Recipient clause=Topic
2	sign not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	it			vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V NP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Destination
3	mean a condition, not said to happen	present	it				vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent
4	is not said to happen	gerund				late property	tree rules

Option 3

Ask his big sister to copy the signature from an old note

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	4 sister	nmod:poss
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 sister	amod
4	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obj
5	to	to	PART	_	6 copy	mark
6	copy	copy	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	ccomp
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 signature	det
8	signature	signature	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 copy	obj
9	from	from	ADP	_	12 note	case
10	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 note	det
11	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 note	amod
12	note	note	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 copy	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		his big sister				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent sister=Recipient clause=Topic
2	copy not said to happen	to-infinitive		the signature		a old note			vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent signature=Theme

Option 4

Tell the teacher his dad already signed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	3 teacher	det
3	teacher	teacher	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
4	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	5 dad	nmod:poss
5	dad	dad	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Tell	obj
6	already	already	ADV	_	7 signed	advmod
7	signed	sign	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	1 Tell	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	tell speech: assert	imperative	you not said here	teacher's dad	the teacher				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent teacher=Recipient dad=Topic
2	sign	participle	you not said here						vn image_impression-25.1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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