Test 5 · ★ · Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks

What is the main reason a prank call to 999 is so harmful?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 5 · ★ of lesson 312 «Why people lie, harmful lies and cheating in games and marks» 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	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	13 harmful	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 harmful	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 reason	det
4	main	main	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 reason	amod
5	reason	reason	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 harmful	nsubj
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 call	det
7	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	compound
8	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 reason	appos
9	to	to	ADP	_	10 999	case
10	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	8 call	nmod
11	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 harmful	cop
12	so	so	ADV	_	13 harmful	advmod
13	harmful	harmful	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
14	?	?	PUNCT	_	13 harmful	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						harmful 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 · ← Mova's choice

It can break the phone line

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 break	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 break	aux
3	break	break	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 line	det
5	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 line	compound
6	line	line	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 break	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	break	can	It	the phone line					vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer line=Patient

Option 2

It makes the operators tired and bored of doing their job

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	2 makes	nsubj
2	makes	make	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 operators	det
4	operators	operator	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 makes	obj
5	tired	tired	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 makes	xcomp
6	and	and	CCONJ	_	7 bored	cc
7	bored	bored	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 tired	conj
8	of	of	SCONJ	_	9 doing	mark
9	doing	do	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 bored	advcl
10	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 job	nmod:poss
11	job	job	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 doing	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	make	present	It	the operators	tired property	vn build-26.1-1 «NP.material V NP»: agent=Material operator=Product
2	do	gerund		operators's job		vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent job=Eventuality
3	job		operators = operator			nom job «act intransitive»: poss=agent

Option 3

It costs the caller a large fee

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	2 costs	nsubj
2	costs	cost	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 caller	det
4	caller	caller	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	obj
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 fee	det
6	large	large	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 fee	amod
7	fee	fee	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 costs	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	cost	present	It	the caller					vn cost-54.2 «NP V NP NP»: agent=Theme caller=Beneficiary fee=Value

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

It can delay help for someone in a real emergency

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 delay	nsubj
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	3 delay	aux
3	delay	delay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
4	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delay	obj
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 someone	case
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	3 delay	obl
7	in	in	ADP	_	10 emergency	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 emergency	det
9	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 emergency	amod
10	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 delay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	delay	can	It	help		a real emergency		for someone	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent help=Source

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