Test 4 · ★ · Honest schoolwork, kind jokes and pranks that harm
At school, a girl says «I'm going to blow up the classroom!» as a joke. Why is it a problem?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, classroom · What happens: say, go, blow up, be · To what, where: school, classroom · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 4 · ★ 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: At school, a girl says «I'm going to blow up the classroom!» as a joke.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | At | at | ADP | _ | 2 school | case |
| 2 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | obl |
| 3 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 2 school | punct |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 girl | det |
| 5 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 says | nsubj |
| 6 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 10 going | punct |
| 8 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 10 going | nsubj |
| 9 | 'm | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 going | aux |
| 10 | going | go | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 6 says | ccomp |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 blow | mark |
| 12 | blow | blow | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 going | xcomp |
| 13 | up | up | ADP | _ | 12 blow | compound:prt |
| 14 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 15 classroom | det |
| 15 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blow | obj |
| 16 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 12 blow | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 12 blow | punct |
| 18 | as | as | ADP | _ | 20 joke | case |
| 19 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 20 joke | det |
| 20 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 12 blow | obl |
| 21 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 6 says | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: express | present | a girl | school | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | ||||
| 2 | go in a quote | present · progressive | a girl = girl | vn say-37.7 «NP V S-Quote»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 3 | blow up in a quote | to-infinitive | a girl = girl not said here | the classroom | as a joke | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent classroom=Patient |
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: Why is it a problem?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Rel | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Why | cop |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Why | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 Why | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | classroom | why property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Jokes in class are always allowed
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jokes | joke | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 3 class | case |
| 3 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Jokes | nmod |
| 4 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 allowed | aux:pass |
| 5 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 allowed | advmod |
| 6 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Jokes in class | always property | vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary |
Option 2
It is only a problem if she has matches
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 | 5 problem | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 problem | cop |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 5 problem | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 problem | det |
| 5 | problem | problem | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 has | mark |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 has | nsubj |
| 8 | has | have | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 problem | advcl |
| 9 | matches | match | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 has | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a problem | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | have a condition, not said to happen | present | she | matches | vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent match=Patient |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
Staff must treat threats seriously, even as a joke
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 treat | nsubj |
| 2 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 3 treat | aux |
| 3 | treat | treat | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 4 | threats | threat | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 treat | obj |
| 5 | seriously | seriously | ADV | _ | 3 treat | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 joke | punct |
| 7 | even | even | ADV | _ | 10 joke | advmod |
| 8 | as | as | ADP | _ | 10 joke | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 joke | det |
| 10 | joke | joke | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 treat | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | treat | must | Staff | threats | seriously property | vn equip-13.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent threat=Recipient |
Option 4
Nobody ever listens to what children say in a classroom anyway
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 listens | nsubj |
| 2 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 3 listens | advmod |
| 3 | listens | listen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 what | case |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 7 say | obj |
| 6 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 7 say | nsubj |
| 7 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 listens | ccomp |
| 8 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 classroom | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 classroom | det |
| 10 | classroom | classroom | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 say | obl |
| 11 | anyway | anyway | ADV | _ | 7 say | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | listen | present | Nobody | ever | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | children | a classroom | anyway property | vn pronounce-29.3.1 «NP V NP PP.manner»: agent=Agent what=Theme in classroom=Manner |
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