Test 18 · ★★ · Calling emergency services well

my cousin reckons u can't call 911 if ur phone is locked or has no credit

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: cousin, u · What happens: reckon, not call, lock, have · To what, where: 911, phone, credit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 · ★★ 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	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 cousin	nmod:poss
2	cousin	cousin	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 reckons	nsubj
3	reckons	reckon	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	u	you	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 call	nsubj
5	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 call	aux
6	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 call	advmod
7	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 reckons	ccomp
8	911	911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	7 call	obj
9	if	if	SCONJ	_	13 locked	mark
10	ur	your	PRON	Abbr=Yes Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 phone	nmod:poss
11	phone	phone	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 locked	nsubj:pass
12	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 locked	aux:pass
13	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 call	advcl
14	or	or	CCONJ	_	15 has	cc
15	has	have	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 reckons	conj
16	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	17 credit	det
17	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	15 has	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	reckon	present	my cousin		vn consider-29.9-1 «NP V how S»: agent=Agent clause=Theme
2	not call	can	u	911	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 911=Recipient
3	lock a condition, not said to happen	present · passive		ur's phone	vn tape-22.4 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient
4	have	present	my cousin not said here	no credit	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent credit=Patient

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

He is right, you need credit for 911

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 need	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 need	nsubj
6	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	parataxis
7	credit	credit	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 need	obj
8	for	for	ADP	_	9 911	case
9	911	911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	6 need	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	need	present	you	credit				for 911	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot credit=Theme

Option 2

He is right, you must unlock it first

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 unlock	punct
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	7 unlock	nsubj
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 unlock	aux
7	unlock	unlock	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 right	parataxis
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 unlock	obj
9	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	7 unlock	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	unlock	must	you	it				first property	vn disassemble-23.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Wrong; emergency calls are free and most phones can call the number even when locked

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Wrong	wrong	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
2	;	;	PUNCT	_	6 free	punct
3	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 calls	compound
4	calls	call	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 free	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 free	cop
6	free	free	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Wrong	parataxis
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 call	cc
8	most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	9 phones	amod
9	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 call	nsubj
10	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 call	aux
11	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 free	conj
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 number	det
13	number	number	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 call	obj
14	even	even	ADV	_	16 locked	advmod
15	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 locked	mark
16	locked	lock	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	11 call	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	emergency calls		free property	tree rules
2	call	can	most phones	the number		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent number=Recipient
3	lock	participle	most phones not said here			vn tape-22.4 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Patient

Option 4

He is right, unless you are an adult

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	He	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 adult	punct
5	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	9 adult	mark
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 adult	nsubj
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 adult	cop
8	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 adult	det
9	adult	adult	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 right	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	He					right property	tree rules
2	is a a condition, not said to happen	present	you	a adult					tree rules

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