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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.

casedetoblpunctdetnsubjdetnmod:posscaseobjccaux:passadvmodconjpunctrootInADPaDETfilmNOUN,PUNCTaDETkidNOUNforgesVERBaDETparentNOUN'sPARTsignatureNOUNandCCONJisAUXneverADVcaughtVERB.PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1IninADP_3 filmcase
2aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art3 filmdet
3filmfilmNOUNNumber=Sing7 forgesobl
4,,PUNCT_3 filmpunct
5aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art6 kiddet
6kidkidNOUNNumber=Sing7 forgesnsubj
7forgesforgeVERBMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
8aaDETDefinite=Ind PronType=Art9 parentdet
9parentparentNOUNNumber=Sing11 signaturenmod:poss
10's'sPART_9 parentcase
11signaturesignatureNOUNNumber=Sing7 forgesobj
12andandCCONJ_15 caughtcc
13isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin15 caughtaux:pass
14neverneverADVPronType=Neg15 caughtadvmod
15caughtcatchVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass7 forgesconj
16..PUNCT_7 forgespunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1forgepresenta kida parent's signaturea filmvn scribble-25.2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent signature=Theme in film=Destination
2not catchpresent · passivea kid not said herevn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP»
3signa parentnom 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?

nsubjcopcaseamodoblpunctrootWhatPRONisAUXcloserADJtoADPrealADJlifeNOUN?PUNCT
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1WhatwhatPRONPronType=Int3 closernsubj
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 closercop
3closercloseADJDegree=Cmprootroot
4totoADP_6 lifecase
5realrealADJDegree=Pos6 lifeamod
6lifelifeNOUNNumber=Sing3 closerobl
7??PUNCT_3 closerpunct
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1ispresentto real life; close propertytree rules

The options

Option 1

Forgery is allowed for children

nsubj:passaux:passcaseoblrootForgeryNOUNisAUXallowedVERBforADPchildrenNOUN
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1ForgeryforgeryNOUNNumber=Sing3 allowednsubj:pass
2isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin3 allowedaux:pass
3allowedallowVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
4forforADP_5 childrencase
5childrenchildNOUNNumber=Plur3 allowedobl
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1allowpresent · passiveForgeryfor children goalvn 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

nsubjobjccdetnsubj:passaux:passadvmodconjrootSchoolsNOUNphoneVERBparentsNOUNandCCONJtheDETforgeryNOUNisAUXusuallyADVfoundVERB
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SchoolsschoolNOUNNumber=Plur2 phonensubj
2phonephoneVERBMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Finrootroot
3parentsparentNOUNNumber=Plur2 phoneobj
4andandCCONJ_9 foundcc
5thetheDETDefinite=Def PronType=Art6 forgerydet
6forgeryforgeryNOUNNumber=Sing9 foundnsubj:pass
7isbeAUXMood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin9 foundaux:pass
8usuallyusuallyADV_9 foundadvmod
9foundfindVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass2 phoneconj
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1phonepresentSchoolsparentsvn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent parent=Recipient
2findpresent · passivethe forgeryusually propertyvn discover-84 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic

Option 3

Teachers can't tell one person's writing from another's

nsubjauxadvmodnummodnmod:posscaseobjcaseobjcaserootTeachersNOUNcaAUXn'tPARTtellVERBoneNUMpersonNOUN'sPARTwritingNOUNfromADPanotherDET'sPART
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1TeachersteacherNOUNNumber=Plur4 tellnsubj
2cacanAUXVerbForm=Fin4 tellaux
3n'tnotPARTPolarity=Neg4 telladvmod
4telltellVERBVerbForm=Infrootroot
5oneoneNUMNumForm=Word NumType=Card6 personnummod
6personpersonNOUNNumber=Sing8 writingnmod:poss
7's'sPART_6 personcase
8writingwritingNOUNNumber=Sing4 tellobj
9fromfromADP_10 anothercase
10anotheranotherDETPronType=Ind4 tellobj
11's'sPART_10 anothercase
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not tell speech: assertcanTeachersone person's writingvn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent writing=Recipient another=Topic
2writeone personnom writing «act transitive»: poss=agent

Option 4

Signatures are never checked by anyone anywhere

nsubj:passaux:passadvmodcaseobl:agentadvmodrootSignaturesNOUNareAUXneverADVcheckedVERBbyADPanyonePRONanywhereADV
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
#wordlemmaUPOSfeaturesheadrelation
1SignaturessignatureNOUNNumber=Plur4 checkednsubj:pass
2arebeAUXMood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin4 checkedaux:pass
3neverneverADVPronType=Neg4 checkedadvmod
4checkedcheckVERBTense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Passrootroot
5bybyADP_6 anyonecase
6anyoneanyonePRONNumber=Sing PronType=Ind4 checkedobl:agent
7anywhereanywhereADVPronType=Ind6 anyoneadvmod
#verbtense, moodwhowhat, whomto whomwherewhenotherroles by
1not checkpresent · passiveanyoneSignaturesvn 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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