Test 8 · ★★ · «Free V-bucks» and other scams
Amber sobbing: «my acc's gone, all my skins, 2 years!!» What should she do first?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: acc, she · What happens: be, do
This is test 8 · ★★ of lesson 416 ««Free V-bucks» and other scams» 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: Amber sobbing: «my acc's gone, all my skins, 2 years!!»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Amber | amber | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 sobbing | compound |
| 2 | sobbing | sobbing | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 3 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 gone | punct |
| 4 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 8 gone | punct |
| 5 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 6 acc | nmod:poss |
| 6 | acc | acc | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 gone | nsubj |
| 7 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 gone | cop |
| 8 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 sobbing | parataxis |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 skins | punct |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 12 skins | det:predet |
| 11 | my | my | PRON | Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 12 skins | nmod:poss |
| 12 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 gone | obl |
| 13 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 years | punct |
| 14 | 2 | 2 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 15 years | nummod |
| 15 | years | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 skins | conj |
| 16 | !! | !! | PUNCT | _ | 12 skins | punct |
| 17 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 8 gone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is in a quote | present | my acc | my skins and 2 years obl; gone property | 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.
Sentence 2: What should she do first?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 do | obj |
| 2 | should | should | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 do | aux |
| 3 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 do | nsubj |
| 4 | do | do | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | first | first | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Ord | 4 do | advmod |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 do | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | do | should | she | first property | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Ask the hacker nicely in chat to return it
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ask | ask | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 3 hacker | det |
| 3 | hacker | hacker | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obj |
| 4 | nicely | nicely | ADV | _ | 1 Ask | advmod |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 chat | case |
| 6 | chat | chat | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Ask | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 return | mark |
| 8 | return | return | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Ask | advcl |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 return | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ask speech: ask | imperative | you not said here | the hacker | chat | nicely property | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent hacker=Recipient | ||
| 2 | return | to-infinitive | you not said here | hacker | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
Tell a grown-up and contact the game's support
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 grown | det |
| 3 | grown | grown | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Tell | obj |
| 4 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 5 up | punct |
| 5 | up | up | ADP | _ | 3 grown | compound |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 contact | cc |
| 7 | contact | contact | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 1 Tell | conj |
| 8 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 9 game | det |
| 9 | game | game | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 support | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 game | case |
| 11 | support | support | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 contact | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | a grown | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent grown=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | contact | infinitive | you not said here | the game's support | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | support | the game | nom support «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 3
Make a new account and say nothing
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Make | make | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 account | det |
| 3 | new | new | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 account | amod |
| 4 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Make | obj |
| 5 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 6 say | cc |
| 6 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Make | conj |
| 7 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 say | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | make | imperative | you not said here | a new account | vn build-26.1-1 «NP.asset V NP»: agent=Asset account=Product | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | you not said here | nothing | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic |
Option 4
Try another free skins site to get them back
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Try | try | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 5 site | det |
| 3 | free | free | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 skins | amod |
| 4 | skins | skin | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 site | compound |
| 5 | site | site | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Try | obj |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 get | mark |
| 7 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Try | advcl |
| 8 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 get | obj |
| 9 | back | back | ADV | _ | 7 get | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | try | imperative | you not said here | another skins site | vn try-61.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent site=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | get back | to-infinitive | you not said here | them = they | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
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