Test 18 · ★ · Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments

my cousin says a girl was so bored she climbed the water tower and "the fire brigade had to get her off with a helicopter". what's the true bit

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: cousin, girl, fire brigade · What happens: say, be, climb, have, get off · To what, where: water tower, brigade, true bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★ of lesson 292 «Jealousy, boredom, pride and hard moments» 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	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 girl	det
5	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 bored	nsubj
6	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bored	cop
7	so	so	ADV	_	8 bored	advmod
8	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 says	ccomp
9	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 climbed	nsubj
10	climbed	climb	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	8 bored	ccomp
11	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 tower	det
12	water	water	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 tower	compound
13	tower	tower	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 climbed	obj
14	and	and	CCONJ	_	19 had	cc
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	19 had	punct
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 brigade	det
17	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	18 brigade	compound
18	brigade	brigade	NOUN	Number=Sing	19 had	nsubj
19	had	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	10 climbed	conj
20	to	to	PART	_	21 get	mark
21	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	19 had	xcomp
22	her	she	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	21 get	obj
23	off	off	ADP	_	21 get	compound:prt
24	with	with	ADP	_	26 helicopter	case
25	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	26 helicopter	det
26	helicopter	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Sing	21 get	obl
27	"	"	PUNCT	_	8 bored	punct
28	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
29	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	33 bit	nsubj
30	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	33 bit	cop
31	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	33 bit	det
32	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	33 bit	amod
33	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my cousin			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	is	past	a girl		bored property	tree rules
3	climb	past	girl	the water tower		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tower=Theme
4	have in a quote	past	the fire brigade			tree rules
5	get off in a quote	to-infinitive	the fire brigade not said here	brigade	with a helicopter	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus
6	is a	present		the true bit		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 · ← Mova's choice

Bored kids never get hurt

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 kids	amod
2	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 hurt	advmod
4	get	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 hurt	aux:pass
5	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	2 kids	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not hurt	present · passive		Bored kids not said here					vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»

Option 2

Climbing towers is fine if you're bored

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Climbing	climb	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	4 fine	csubj
2	towers	tower	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 Climbing	obj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 bored	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	8 bored	nsubj
7	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 bored	cop
8	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 fine	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	climb	gerund		towers		vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location tower=Theme
2	is	present	Climbing		fine property	tree rules
3	is a condition, not said to happen	present	you		bored property	tree rules

Option 3

Fire brigades use helicopters for every rescue, even small ones

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 brigades	compound
2	brigades	brigade	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	nsubj
3	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	helicopters	helicopter	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 rescue	case
6	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 rescue	det
7	rescue	rescue	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 use	obl
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 ones	punct
9	even	even	ADV	_	11 ones	advmod
10	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 ones	amod
11	ones	one	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 use	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	Fire brigades	helicopters				for every rescue; small ones obl	vn use-105.1 «NP V NP PP.predicate»: agent=Agent helicopter=Theme for rescue=Eventuality

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Boredom can lead to risky places; find something safe to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Boredom	boredom	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 lead	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 lead	aux
3	lead	lead	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	to	to	ADP	_	6 places	case
5	risky	risky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 places	amod
6	places	place	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 lead	obl
7	;	;	PUNCT	_	8 find	punct
8	find	find	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 lead	parataxis
9	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 find	obj
10	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 something	amod
11	to	to	PART	_	12 do	mark
12	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	10 safe	xcomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	lead	can	Boredom		to risky places	vn result-27.2 «NP V PP»: agent=Precondition to place=Patient
2	find	infinitive		something		vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
3	do	to-infinitive	something not said here			vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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