Test 14 · ★ · Saying no honestly, harmful lies, cheating in games and te…

my mate says a boy prank called 999 and "his family got fined a million pounds". what's prob exaggerated

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: mate, boy prank · What happens: say, call, fine, be, exaggerate · To what, where: 999, family, prob · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 mate	nmod:poss
2	mate	mate	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	6 prank	det
5	boy	boy	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 prank	compound
6	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 called	nsubj
7	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	3 says	ccomp
8	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 called	obj
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	14 fined	cc
10	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 fined	punct
11	his	his	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 family	nmod:poss
12	family	family	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 fined	nsubj
13	got	get	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	14 fined	aux:pass
14	fined	fine	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 called	conj
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 million	det
16	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	17 pounds	nummod
17	pounds	pound	NOUN	Number=Plur	14 fined	obj
18	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 fined	punct
19	.	.	PUNCT	_	3 says	punct
20	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	22 prob	advmod
21	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	22 prob	cop
22	prob	prob	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 says	ccomp
23	exaggerated	exaggerate	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	22 prob	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	my mate		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	call speech: assert	past	a boy prank	999	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 999=Recipient
3	fine in a quote	past · passive		prank's family	vn bill-54.5-1 «NP V NP NP.asset»: subject=Recipient pound=Asset
4	is a	present		prob	tree rules
5	exaggerate	participle		prob not said here	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

That it's against the law

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	6 law	nsubj
2	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 law	nsubj
3	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 law	cop
4	against	against	ADP	_	6 law	case
5	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	6 law	det
6	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	That					against the law	tree rules

Option 2

That 999 is only for real emergencies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 999	det
2	999	999	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 emergencies	nsubj
3	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 emergencies	cop
4	only	only	ADV	_	7 emergencies	advmod
5	for	for	ADP	_	7 emergencies	case
6	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 emergencies	amod
7	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	that 999					for real emergencies	tree rules

Option 3

That prank calls are wrong

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	That	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	2 prank	det
2	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calls	compound
3	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 wrong	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 wrong	cop
5	wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

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

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

The million; but prank calls are against the law and delay help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	The	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	2 million	det
2	million	million	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	13 help	nsubj
3	;	;	PUNCT	_	10 law	punct
4	but	but	CCONJ	_	10 law	cc
5	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 calls	compound
6	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 law	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 law	cop
8	against	against	ADP	_	10 law	case
9	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	10 law	det
10	law	law	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 million	conj
11	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 delay	cc
12	delay	delay	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 law	conj
13	help	help	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	prank calls					against the law and delay	tree rules
2	help	present	the million but the law and delay						vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V PP.theme»: agent=Agent

Text: the tests of Mova's primary school, written for Mova (world/data/school/), as the course runner gave them to the student. Trees: Mova's own parse — the en model on the CPU, when the site is built — not checked by a teacher; they may be wrong. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), each text read on its own. Elamur Cosmic License.

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