Test 8 · ★ · Chain messages, lures and scam messages
A van driver offers a boy sweets if he gets in to «help find a lost cat». What is right?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: van driver, driver · What happens: offer, get in, find, lose, be · To what, where: boy sweets, lost cat
This is test 8 · ★ 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
Sentence 1: A van driver offers a boy sweets if he gets in to «help find a lost cat».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 driver | det |
| 2 | van | van | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 driver | compound |
| 3 | driver | driver | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 offers | nsubj |
| 4 | offers | offer | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 sweets | det |
| 6 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sweets | compound |
| 7 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 offers | obj |
| 8 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 10 gets | mark |
| 9 | he | he | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 gets | nsubj |
| 10 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 offers | advcl |
| 11 | in | in | ADP | _ | 10 gets | compound:prt |
| 12 | to | to | SCONJ | _ | 15 find | mark |
| 13 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 15 find | punct |
| 14 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 find | compound |
| 15 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 gets | advcl |
| 16 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 cat | det |
| 17 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 18 cat | amod |
| 18 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 15 find | obj |
| 19 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 18 cat | punct |
| 20 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 offers | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | offer | present | a van driver | a boy sweets | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP.theme (PP)»: agent=Agent sweet=Theme | ||||
| 2 | get in a condition, not said to happen | present | driver | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 3 | find in a quote | to-infinitive | driver not said here | a lost cat | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Topic | ||||
| 4 | lose in a quote | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 is right?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 right | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 right | cop |
| 3 | right | right | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 right | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | right property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Get in but keep the door open
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADV | _ | 1 Get | advmod |
| 3 | but | but | CCONJ | _ | 4 keep | cc |
| 4 | keep | keep | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Get | conj |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 door | det |
| 6 | door | door | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 keep | obj |
| 7 | open | open | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 keep | xcomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get in | imperative | you not said here | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | keep | infinitive | you not said here | the door | open property | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent door=Theme |
Option 2
Get in the van, because helping to find a lost cat is kind
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 van | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 van | det |
| 4 | van | van | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Get | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 kind | punct |
| 6 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 14 kind | mark |
| 7 | helping | help | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 14 kind | csubj |
| 8 | to | to | PART | _ | 9 find | mark |
| 9 | find | find | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 helping | xcomp |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 cat | det |
| 11 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 12 cat | amod |
| 12 | cat | cat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 find | obj |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 14 kind | cop |
| 14 | kind | kind | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 1 Get | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | get | imperative | you not said here | the van | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer | ||||
| 2 | help | gerund | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent clause=Theme | ||||||
| 3 | find | to-infinitive | a lost cat | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent cat=Topic | |||||
| 4 | lose | participle | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 5 | is | present | helping | kind property | tree rules |
Option 3
Ask for the sweets first, then decide
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | for | for | ADP | _ | 4 sweets | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 4 sweets | det |
| 4 | sweets | sweet | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Ask | obl |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 1 Ask | advmod |
| 6 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 decide | punct |
| 7 | then | then | ADV | PronType=Dem | 8 decide | advmod |
| 8 | decide | decide | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Ask | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | for the sweets; first property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 2 | decide | infinitive | you not said here | then | vn correspond-36.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Never go with him, get away and tell 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 him | case |
| 4 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 go | obl |
| 5 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 6 get | punct |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 go | conj |
| 7 | away | away | ADV | _ | 6 get | advmod |
| 8 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 tell | cc |
| 9 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 2 go | conj |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 adult | det |
| 11 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 12 adult | amod |
| 12 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not go | imperative | you not said here | with him = he | vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with he=Beneficiary | ||||
| 2 | get away | infinitive | you not said here | away property | vn withdraw-82-2 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||
| 3 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a safe adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient |
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