Test 13 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages

guy at the park says come see his puppies in the van

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: guy · What happens: say, come, see · To what, where: puppies, van · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 13 · ★ of lesson 282 «Chain messages, lures and scam messages» 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	guy	guy	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 says	nsubj
2	at	at	ADP	_	4 park	case
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 park	det
4	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 guy	nmod
5	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 says	ccomp
7	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 says	xcomp
8	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 puppies	nmod:poss
9	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 see	obj
10	in	in	ADP	_	12 van	case
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 van	det
12	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 see	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	guy at the park			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	present				vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	see	infinitive	guy at the park not said here	guy's puppies	the van	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer puppy=Stimulus

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

Go if he seems really kind and has a nice smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	if	if	SCONJ	_	4 seems	mark
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	4 seems	nsubj
4	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
5	really	really	ADV	_	6 kind	advmod
6	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 seems	xcomp
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 has	cc
8	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 seems	conj
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	11 smile	det
10	nice	nice	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 smile	amod
11	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here			vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	seem a condition, not said to happen	present	he		kind property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	have	present	he not said here	a nice smile		vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent smile=Patient

Option 2

Ask him to bring the puppies out

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	to	to	PART	_	4 bring	mark
4	bring	bring	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Ask	xcomp
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 puppies	det
6	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 bring	obj
7	out	out	ADV	_	4 bring	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he				vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP whether S_INF»: agent=Agent he=Recipient clause=Topic
2	bring out not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here	the puppies				out property	vn remedy-45.7 «NP V NP.patient»: agent=Agent puppy=Patient

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, run to a safe adult and tell them

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	3 run	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	7 adult	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 adult	det
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 adult	amod
7	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 run	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 tell	cc
9	tell	tell	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	3 run	conj
10	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 tell	iobj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	run	imperative	you not said here					to a safe adult result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to adult=Result
2	tell speech: assert	infinitive	you not said here		them = they				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient

Option 4

Go but only for a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	but	but	CCONJ	_	6 minute	cc
3	only	only	ADV	_	6 minute	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	6 minute	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 minute	det
6	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Go	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	go	imperative	you not said here						vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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