Test 19 · ★★ · Calling emergency services well

Maddie called 000 when her nan fainted and people are saying she overreacted, should i say that too

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Maddie, nan, people, i · What happens: call, faint, say, overreact · To what, where: 000, that · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 19 · ★★ 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	Maddie	Maddie	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 called	nsubj
2	called	call	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	000	000	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	2 called	obj
4	when	when	ADV	PronType=Int	7 fainted	advmod
5	her	her	PRON	Case=Gen Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	6 nan	nmod:poss
6	nan	nan	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 fainted	nsubj
7	fainted	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	2 called	parataxis
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 saying	cc
9	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 saying	nsubj
10	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 saying	aux
11	saying	say	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	7 fainted	conj
12	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 overreacted	nsubj
13	overreacted	overreact	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	11 saying	ccomp
14	,	,	PUNCT	_	17 say	punct
15	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	17 say	aux
16	i	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	17 say	nsubj
17	say	say	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 called	conj
18	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	17 say	obj
19	too	too	ADV	_	17 say	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	call speech: assert	past	Maddie	000	vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent 000=Recipient
2	faint	past	Maddie's nan		vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	say speech: assert	present · progressive	people		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
4	overreact	past	nan		tree rules
5	say speech: assert	should	i	that	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent that=Topic

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, so she does not call again

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	7 call	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	so	so	ADV	_	7 call	advmod
4	she	she	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 call	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 call	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 call	advmod
7	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	again	again	ADV	_	7 call	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not call	present · do-support	she				again		vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2

Yes, because nans faint often

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 faint	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 faint	punct
3	because	because	SCONJ	_	5 faint	mark
4	nans	nan	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 faint	nsubj
5	faint	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	often	often	ADV	_	5 faint	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	faint	present	nans					often property	vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

No, calling for help when someone faints is the right thing to do

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	12 thing	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	3 calling	punct
3	calling	call	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	12 thing	csubj
4	for	for	ADP	_	5 help	case
5	help	help	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 calling	obl
6	when	when	SCONJ	_	8 faints	mark
7	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	8 faints	nsubj
8	faints	faint	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 help	acl:relcl
9	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	12 thing	cop
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 thing	det
11	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 thing	amod
12	thing	thing	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
13	to	to	PART	_	14 do	mark
14	do	do	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 thing	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	call	gerund			for help	vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V PP.recipient S_INF»: agent=Agent for help=Recipient
2	faint	present	someone			vn change_bodily_state-40.8.4 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
3	is a	present	calling	the right thing		tree rules
4	do	to-infinitive				vn act-114-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 4

Yes, but only in the group chat

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	8 chat	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	8 chat	cc
4	only	only	ADV	_	8 chat	advmod
5	in	in	ADP	_	8 chat	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 chat	det
7	group	group	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 chat	compound
8	chat	chat	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.

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