Test 18 · ★ · Being trusted and what to do with things you find

my cousin says the boy babysitting his little brother "went on his phone and the baby fell down the stairs and nearly died". what's the true bit to learn

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, boy, baby · What happens: say, babysit, go, fall down, die, be · To what, where: little brother, phone, stairs, true bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 286 «Being trusted and what to do with things you find» 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 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	nsubj
3	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 boy	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	nsubj
6	babysitting	babysit	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	5 boy	acl
7	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	9 brother	nmod:poss
8	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 brother	amod
9	brother	brother	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 babysitting	obj
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	9 brother	punct
11	went	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
12	on	on	ADP	_	14 phone	case
13	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	14 phone	nmod:poss
14	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 went	obl
15	and	and	CCONJ	_	18 fell	cc
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	17 baby	det
17	baby	baby	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 fell	nsubj
18	fell	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 went	conj
19	down	down	ADP	_	21 stairs	case
20	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	21 stairs	det
21	stairs	stair	NOUN	Number=Plur	18 fell	obl
22	and	and	CCONJ	_	24 died	cc
23	nearly	nearly	ADV	_	24 died	advmod
24	died	die	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	18 fell	conj
25	"	"	PUNCT	_	11 went	punct
26	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
27	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	31 bit	nsubj
28	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 bit	cop
29	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	31 bit	det
30	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	31 bit	amod
31	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
32	to	to	PART	_	33 learn	mark
33	learn	learn	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	31 bit	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	babysit	gerund	the boy not said here		boy's little brother			vn captain-29.8-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent brother=Beneficiary
3	go in a quote	past	the boy			boy's phone		vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme on phone=Location
4	fall down in a quote	past	the baby	the stairs				vn become-109.1-1 «NP V ADJ»: agent=Patient stair=Result
5	die in a quote	past	the baby not said here				nearly property	vn calibratable_cos-45.6.1 «NP.attribute V»: agent=Attribute
6	is a	present		the true bit				tree rules
7	learn	to-infinitive	my cousin not said here					vn learn-14-1 «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.

The options

Option 1

Little ones are fine alone for an hour if the door is locked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 ones	amod
2	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 alone	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 alone	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 alone	amod
5	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 hour	case
7	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 hour	det
8	hour	hour	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 alone	obl
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 locked	mark
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 door	det
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 locked	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 locked	aux:pass
13	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 alone	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Little ones				hour	alone property	tree rules
2	lock a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		the door					vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 2

Babies never fall when someone's home

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Babies	baby	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 fall	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 fall	advmod
3	fall	fall	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 home	advmod
5	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	7 home	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 someone	case
7	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fall	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not fall	present	Babies	someone's home					vn occur-48.3 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Keep a younger sibling in sight and call an adult if anything happens

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Keep	keep	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 sibling	det
3	younger	young	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 sibling	amod
4	sibling	sibling	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obj
5	in	in	ADP	_	6 sight	case
6	sight	sight	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Keep	obl
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	8 call	cc
8	call	call	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Keep	conj
9	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 adult	det
10	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	obj
11	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 happens	mark
12	anything	anything	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	13 happens	nsubj
13	happens	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 call	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	roles by
1	keep	imperative	you not said here	a younger sibling		sight	vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP PP.location»: agent=Agent sibling=Theme in sight=Location
2	call	infinitive	you not said here		a adult		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient
3	happen a condition, not said to happen	present	anything				vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Phones help you watch kids better

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 help	nsubj
2	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	2 help	obj
4	watch	watch	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 help	xcomp
5	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 watch	obj
6	better	well	ADV	Degree=Cmp	4 watch	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	help	present	Phones	you					vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme
2	watch	infinitive	you not said here	kids				well property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kid=Theme

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