Test 5 · ★★ · Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keep…
An older boy dares a girl in Brisbane to slip out of class without asking. Why should she stay?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: older boy, girl · What happens: dare, slip out, ask, stay · To what, where: girl, Brisbane, class
This is test 5 · ★★ of lesson 335 «Fake websites, fake news and bots, skipping a lesson, keeping surprises and being trusted» 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
Sentence 1: An older boy dares a girl in Brisbane to slip out of class without asking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | An | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 boy | det |
| 2 | older | old | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 3 boy | amod |
| 3 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dares | nsubj |
| 4 | dares | dare | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 girl | det |
| 6 | girl | girl | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 dares | obj |
| 7 | in | in | ADP | _ | 8 Brisbane | case |
| 8 | Brisbane | Brisbane | PROPN | Number=Sing | 6 girl | nmod |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 slip | mark |
| 10 | slip | slip | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 dares | advcl |
| 11 | out | out | ADP | _ | 13 class | case |
| 12 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 class | case |
| 13 | class | class | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 slip | obl |
| 14 | without | without | SCONJ | _ | 15 asking | mark |
| 15 | asking | ask | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 10 slip | advcl |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 dares | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | dare | present | a older boy | a girl | Brisbane | vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent girl=Recipient | |||
| 2 | slip out | to-infinitive | a older boy not said here | class | vn split-23.2 «NP V NP apart»: agent=Agent class=Patient | ||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask | gerund | a older boy not said here | vn inquire-37.1.2 «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.
Sentence 2: Why should she stay?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 4 stay | advmod |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 stay | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 stay | nsubj |
| 4 | stay | stay | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 stay | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | stay | should | girl | vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
The options
Option 1
The teacher will not notice one missing pupil
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | The | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 2 teacher | det |
| 2 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notice | nsubj |
| 3 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 notice | aux |
| 4 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 notice | advmod |
| 5 | notice | notice | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 8 pupil | nummod |
| 7 | missing | missing | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 pupil | amod |
| 8 | pupil | pupil | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 notice | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not notice | future | the teacher | one missing pupil | vn see-30.1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer pupil=Stimulus |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
It is fine if she comes back before the bell, because nobody gets hurt
The tree, 14 words
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 | is | 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 comes | mark |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 comes | nsubj |
| 6 | comes | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 fine | advcl |
| 7 | back | back | ADV | _ | 6 comes | advmod |
| 8 | before | before | ADP | _ | 10 bell | case |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 bell | det |
| 10 | bell | bell | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 comes | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 hurt | punct |
| 12 | because | because | SCONJ | _ | 15 hurt | mark |
| 13 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 15 hurt | nsubj:pass |
| 14 | gets | get | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 hurt | aux:pass |
| 15 | hurt | hurt | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 3 fine | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | fine property | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | come back a condition, not said to happen | present | she | the bell | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme before bell=Location | ||||
| 3 | hurt | present · passive | nobody | vn hurt-40.8.3-2 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
Option 3
Brave pupils always say yes to dares
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brave | brave | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 pupils | amod |
| 2 | pupils | pupil | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | nsubj |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 4 say | advmod |
| 4 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 4 say | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 dares | case |
| 7 | dares | dare | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 say | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert | present | Brave pupils | dares | always property | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent yes=Topic to dare=Recipient |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Leaving gets her in trouble and staff must know where she is
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Leaving | leave | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 2 gets | nsubj |
| 2 | gets | get | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 2 gets | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 5 trouble | case |
| 5 | trouble | trouble | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 gets | obl |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 know | cc |
| 7 | staff | staff | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 know | nsubj |
| 8 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 9 know | aux |
| 9 | know | know | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 gets | conj |
| 10 | where | where | ADV | PronType=Rel | 9 know | ccomp |
| 11 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 where | nsubj |
| 12 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 where | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | leave | gerund | vn escape-51.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 2 | get | present | her = she | trouble | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer she=Stimulus | ||||
| 3 | know | must | staff | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 4 | is | present | staff | where property | tree rules |
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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