Test 17 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages

did u hear?? a man in a van told a kid at the park he had puppies in the back, the kid ran off and told his mum. what's the lesson

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: u, man, kid · What happens: hear, tell, have, run off, be · To what, where: puppies, back, mum, lesson · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 17 · ★ 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	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	??	??	PUNCT	_	10 told	punct
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 man	det
6	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 told	nsubj
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 van	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 van	det
9	van	van	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 man	nmod
10	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 hear	parataxis
11	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	12 kid	det
12	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	nsubj
13	at	at	ADP	_	15 park	case
14	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	15 park	det
15	park	park	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 kid	nmod
16	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	17 had	nsubj
17	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 told	ccomp
18	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	17 had	obj
19	in	in	ADP	_	21 back	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 back	det
21	back	back	NOUN	Number=Sing	17 had	obl
22	,	,	PUNCT	_	25 ran	punct
23	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	24 kid	det
24	kid	kid	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 ran	nsubj
25	ran	run	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 told	conj
26	off	off	ADP	_	25 ran	compound:prt
27	and	and	CCONJ	_	28 told	cc
28	told	tell	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 told	conj
29	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	30 mum	nmod:poss
30	mum	mum	NOUN	Number=Sing	28 told	iobj
31	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 hear	punct
32	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	35 lesson	nsubj
33	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	35 lesson	cop
34	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	35 lesson	det
35	lesson	lesson	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 hear	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	hear	past · do-support	u				vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V PP.stimulus»: agent=Experiencer
2	tell speech: assert	past	a man in a van				vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	have	past	a kid at the park	puppies		the back	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent puppy=Patient
4	run off	past	the kid				vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
5	tell speech: assert	past	a man in a van not said here		kid's mum		vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent mum=Recipient
6	is a	present		the lesson			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

Go if the man seems really kind and the puppies sound real

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	_	5 seems	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 man	det
4	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 seems	nsubj
5	seems	seem	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	advcl
6	really	really	ADV	_	7 kind	advmod
7	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 seems	xcomp
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 sound	cc
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 puppies	det
10	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 sound	nsubj
11	sound	sound	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 Go	conj
12	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 sound	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	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	the man	kind property	vn seem-109-1-1-1 «NP V S_INF»: agent=Theme
3	sound	present	the puppies	real property	vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Stimulus

Option 2

Only go if the puppies are real

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 go	advmod
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 real	mark
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 puppies	det
5	puppies	puppy	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 real	nsubj
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 real	cop
7	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 go	advcl

#	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
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	the puppies					real property	tree rules

Option 3

It's fine if a friend comes too

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	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 comes	mark
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 friend	det
6	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 comes	nsubj
7	comes	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
8	too	too	ADV	_	7 comes	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	come a condition, not said to happen	present	a friend						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Never go with someone you don't know; run to a safe adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	2 go	advmod
2	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	with	with	ADP	_	4 someone	case
4	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	2 go	obl
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 know	nsubj
6	do	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 know	aux
7	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	8 know	advmod
8	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 someone	acl:relcl
9	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 run	punct
10	run	run	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	2 go	parataxis
11	to	to	ADP	_	14 adult	case
12	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	14 adult	det
13	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	14 adult	amod
14	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 run	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	not go	imperative	you not said here	with someone	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with someone=Beneficiary
2	not know	present · do-support	you		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	run	infinitive		to a safe adult result	vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V PP.result»: agent=Theme to adult=Result

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