Test 14 · ★★ · Calling emergency services well

dared to prank call 911 lol

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: dare, call · To what, where: 911 · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 14 · ★★ of lesson 36 «Calling emergency services well» 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	dared	dare	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	to	to	PART	_	4 call	mark
3	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 call	compound
4	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 dared	xcomp
5	911	911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 call	obj
6	lol	lol	INTJ	_	1 dared	discourse

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	dare	past							vn urge-58.1-1 «NP V NP S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	call	to-infinitive		911					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 911=Recipient

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

Yes, they will think it is funny and laugh about it too

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 think	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 think	nsubj
4	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 think	aux
5	think	think	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 funny	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 funny	cop
8	funny	funny	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 think	ccomp
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 laugh	cc
10	laugh	laugh	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 think	conj
11	about	about	ADP	_	12 it	case
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	10 laugh	obl
13	too	too	ADV	_	10 laugh	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	think speech: other	future	they		vn focus-87.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is	present	it	funny property	tree rules
3	laugh	present	they not said here	about it	vn nonverbal_expression-40.2 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, it can stop someone in danger getting help

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 stop	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 stop	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 stop	aux
5	stop	stop	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	5 stop	obj
7	in	in	ADP	_	8 danger	case
8	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 someone	nmod
9	getting	get	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	6 someone	acl
10	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 getting	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stop	can	it	someone		danger			vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP V NP.eventuality»: agent=Subeventuality someone=Eventuality
2	get	gerund		help					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer help=Stimulus

Option 3

Yes, if you hang up fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 hang	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 hang	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 hang	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 hang	nsubj
5	hang	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	up	up	ADP	_	5 hang	compound:prt
7	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	5 hang	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	hang up	present	you					fast property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, if you use a friend's phone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 use	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 use	mark
4	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 use	nsubj
5	use	use	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 friend	det
7	friend	friend	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 phone	nmod:poss
8	's	's	PART	_	7 friend	case
9	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 use	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	use	present	you	a friend's phone					vn eat-39.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient

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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