Test 5 · ★★ · The forged signature and how it always ends

«my report says needs improvement, I'll just change it». Why is that a terrible idea?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: report, my · What happens: say, need, change, report, be · To what, where: improvement, terrible idea · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 5 · ★★ 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: «my report says needs improvement, I'll just change it».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct
2	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 report	nmod:poss
3	report	report	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 says	nsubj
4	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	needs	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 says	ccomp
6	improvement	improvement	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 needs	obj
7	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 change	punct
8	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	11 change	nsubj
9	'll	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 change	aux
10	just	just	ADV	_	11 change	advmod
11	change	change	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	4 says	ccomp
12	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 change	obj
13	»	»	PUNCT	_	11 change	punct
14	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	say speech: assert in a quote	present	my report		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	need in a quote	present		improvement	vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP ADV»: agent=Pivot improvement=Theme
3	change in a quote	future	my report = report	improvement	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient
4	report in a quote		my		nom report «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: Why is that a terrible idea?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Why	why	ADV	PronType=Int	6 idea	advmod
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 idea	cop
3	that	that	SCONJ	_	6 idea	mark
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 idea	det
5	terrible	terrible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 idea	amod
6	idea	idea	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
7	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 idea	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		a terrible idea					tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Changing an official paper is a serious lie and will be checked

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Changing	change	VERB	VerbForm=Ger	8 lie	csubj
2	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 paper	det
3	official	official	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 paper	amod
4	paper	paper	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Changing	obj
5	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 lie	cop
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 lie	det
7	serious	serious	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 lie	amod
8	lie	lie	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	12 checked	cc
10	will	will	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 checked	aux
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 checked	aux:pass
12	checked	check	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	8 lie	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	change	gerund		a official paper	vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent paper=Patient
2	is a	present	Changing	a serious lie	tree rules
3	check	future · passive	Changing not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»

Option 2

Reports are written in a special ink that can never be changed

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 written	nsubj:pass
2	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 written	aux:pass
3	written	write	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
4	in	in	ADP	_	7 ink	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ink	det
6	special	special	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 ink	amod
7	ink	ink	NOUN	Number=Sing	3 written	obl
8	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	12 changed	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	12 changed	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 changed	advmod
11	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	12 changed	aux:pass
12	changed	change	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	7 ink	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	write	present · passive		Reports		a special ink			vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: subject=Theme in ink=Destination
2	not change	can · passive		a special ink					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

Option 3

Parents never read reports anyway

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Parents	parent	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 read	nsubj
2	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	3 read	advmod
3	read	read	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	reports	report	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 read	obj
5	anyway	anyway	ADV	_	3 read	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not read	past	Parents	reports				anyway property	vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent report=Topic

Option 4

It's fine if you change only one small word

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	It	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	cop
3	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	if	if	SCONJ	_	6 change	mark
5	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 change	nsubj
6	change	change	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 fine	advcl
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 one	advmod
8	one	one	NUM	NumForm=Word NumType=Card	10 word	nummod
9	small	small	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 word	amod
10	word	word	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 change	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	change a condition, not said to happen	present	you	one small word					vn dress-41.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent word=Patient

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