Test 11 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends
In a film, a kid forges a parent's signature and is never caught. What is closer to real life?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: kid, parent · What happens: forge, not catch, sign, be · To what, where: signature, film
This is test 11 · ★★ of lesson 429 «The forged signature and how it always ends» 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: In a film, a kid forges a parent's signature and is never caught.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 film | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 film | det |
| 3 | film | film | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forges | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 film | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forges | nsubj |
| 7 | forges | forge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 9 parent | det |
| 9 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 11 signature | nmod:poss |
| 10 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 9 parent | case |
| 11 | signature | signature | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 forges | obj |
| 12 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 15 caught | cc |
| 13 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 15 caught | aux:pass |
| 14 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 15 caught | advmod |
| 15 | caught | catch | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 7 forges | conj |
| 16 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 forges | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forge | present | a kid | a parent's signature | a film | vn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent signature=Theme in film=Destination | |||
| 2 | not catch | present · passive | a kid not said here | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP» | |||||
| 3 | sign | a parent | nom signature «communication transitive»: poss=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: What is closer to real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 closer | nsubj |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 closer | cop |
| 3 | closer | close | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | root | root |
| 4 | to | to | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 closer | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 closer | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | to real life; close property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Forgery is allowed for children
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Forgery | forgery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 allowed | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 allowed | aux:pass |
| 3 | allowed | allow | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 4 | for | for | ADP | _ | 5 children | case |
| 5 | children | child | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 allowed | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | allow | present · passive | Forgery | for children goal | vn future_having-13.3 «NP V NP PP.goal»: subject=Theme for child=Goal |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Schools phone parents and the forgery is usually found
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Schools | school | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 phone | nsubj |
| 2 | phone | phone | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 phone | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 9 found | cc |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 forgery | det |
| 6 | forgery | forgery | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 found | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 found | aux:pass |
| 8 | usually | usually | ADV | _ | 9 found | advmod |
| 9 | found | find | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 phone | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | phone | present | Schools | parents | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient | ||||
| 2 | find | present · passive | the forgery | usually property | vn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 3
Teachers can't tell one person's writing from another's
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Teachers | teacher | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 2 | ca | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 4 tell | advmod |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | one | one | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 6 person | nummod |
| 6 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 writing | nmod:poss |
| 7 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 6 person | case |
| 8 | writing | writing | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 tell | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 10 another | case |
| 10 | another | another | DET | PronType=Ind | 4 tell | obj |
| 11 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 10 another | case |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not tell speech: assert | can | Teachers | one person's writing | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent writing=Recipient another=Topic | ||||
| 2 | write | one person | nom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Signatures are never checked by anyone anywhere
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Signatures | signature | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 checked | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 checked | aux:pass |
| 3 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 4 checked | advmod |
| 4 | checked | check | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 anyone | case |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 4 checked | obl:agent |
| 7 | anywhere | anywhere | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 anyone | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not check | present · passive | anyone | Signatures | vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent subject=Theme |
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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