Test 18 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages
my nan says if u don't forward that chain message "something terrible happens in 3 days, it happened to her friend". what's true
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: nan, u, something, it · What happens: say, not forward, happen, be · To what, where: chain message · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 18 · ★ 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 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 says | nsubj |
| 3 | says | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 forward | mark |
| 5 | u | you | PRON | Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 forward | nsubj |
| 6 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 forward | aux |
| 7 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 8 forward | advmod |
| 8 | forward | forward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 says | ccomp |
| 9 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 11 message | det |
| 10 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 message | compound |
| 11 | message | message | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 forward | obj |
| 12 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 13 something | punct |
| 13 | something | something | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 15 happens | nsubj |
| 14 | terrible | terrible | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 something | amod |
| 15 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 message | acl:relcl |
| 16 | in | in | ADP | _ | 18 days | case |
| 17 | 3 | 3 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 18 days | nummod |
| 18 | days | day | NOUN | Number=Plur | 15 happens | obl |
| 19 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 happened | punct |
| 20 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 21 happened | nsubj |
| 21 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 says | ccomp |
| 22 | to | to | ADP | _ | 24 friend | case |
| 23 | her | her | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 24 friend | nmod:poss |
| 24 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 happened | obl |
| 25 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 21 happened | punct |
| 26 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 says | punct |
| 27 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 29 true | nsubj |
| 28 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 29 true | cop |
| 29 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 3 says | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | my nan | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not forward a condition, not said to happen | present · do-support | u | that chain message | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent message=Theme | ||||
| 3 | happen in a quote | present | something | that chain message not said here | day | tree rules | |||
| 4 | happen in a quote | past | it | to nan's friend | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 5 | is | present | true property | 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
Forwarding it to ten people keeps you safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forwarding | forward | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 6 keeps | csubj |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Forwarding | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 people | case |
| 4 | ten | ten | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 people | nummod |
| 5 | people | people | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Forwarding | obl |
| 6 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 keeps | obj |
| 8 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 keeps | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forward | gerund | it | ten people | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to people=Destination | ||||
| 2 | keep | present | Forwarding | you | safe property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent you=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Nothing bad happens; chain messages only spread worry
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 3 happens | nsubj |
| 2 | bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Nothing | amod |
| 3 | happens | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 8 spread | punct |
| 5 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 messages | compound |
| 6 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 spread | nsubj |
| 7 | only | only | ADV | _ | 8 spread | advmod |
| 8 | spread | spread | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 happens | conj |
| 9 | worry | worry | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 spread | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | present | Nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | spread | present | chain messages | worry | vn appear-48.1.1 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Location worry=Theme |
Option 3
It's true for messages sent at night
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 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 messages | case |
| 5 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 true | obl |
| 6 | sent | send | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 messages | acl |
| 7 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 night | case |
| 8 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 sent | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | for messages; true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | send | participle | messages not said here | night | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Bad luck comes to anyone who breaks the chain, it's happened loads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Bad | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 luck | amod |
| 2 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 comes | nsubj |
| 3 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 5 anyone | case |
| 5 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 comes | obl |
| 6 | who | who | PRON | PronType=Rel | 7 breaks | nsubj |
| 7 | breaks | break | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 anyone | acl:relcl |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 chain | det |
| 9 | chain | chain | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 breaks | obj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 comes | punct |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 13 happened | nsubj |
| 12 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 13 happened | aux:pass |
| 13 | happened | happen | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 comes | parataxis |
| 14 | loads | load | NOUN | Number=Plur | 13 happened | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come | present | Bad luck | anyone | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V PP.initial_location»: agent=Theme to anyone=Initial_Location | ||||
| 2 | break | present | the chain | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer chain=Patient | |||||
| 3 | happen | present · passive | it | tree rules |
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