Test 10 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

dial 999 for a laugh then hang up

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you · What happens: dial, hang up · To what, where: 999

This is test 10 · ★ of lesson 333 «Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and tests, jokes and teasing» 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	dial	dial	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	1 dial	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	5 laugh	case
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 laugh	det
5	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 dial	obl
6	then	then	ADV	PronType=Dem	7 hang	advmod
7	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 dial	conj
8	up	up	ADP	_	7 hang	compound:prt

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dial	imperative	you not said here	999				for a laugh	tree rules
2	hang up	infinitive	you not said here				then		vn assuming_position-50 «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 · ← Mova's choice

It's fine if you hang up straight away

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 hang	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 hang	nsubj
6	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	up	up	ADP	_	6 hang	compound:prt
8	straight	straight	ADV	_	9 away	advmod
9	away	away	ADV	_	6 hang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	hang up a condition, not said to happen	present	you					away property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

It's fine from a payphone

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	from	from	ADP	_	6 payphone	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 payphone	det
6	payphone	payphone	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 fine	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present				a payphone		fine property	tree rules

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

Never; it can delay help for someone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	5 delay	advmod
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	5 delay	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 delay	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 delay	aux
5	delay	delay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 delay	obj
7	for	for	ADP	_	8 someone	case
8	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 delay	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not delay	can	it	help				for someone	vn delay-53.3-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent help=Source

Option 4

It's fine once

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	once	once	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	3 fine	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine, once property	tree rules

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