Test 2 · ★ · The friend with a PS6

Mate: «I've got loads of rare cards but they're in a safe at the bank». What's the sensible view?

Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 1 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, loads, sensible view · What happens: get, be · To what, where: loads, bank

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 434 «The friend with a PS6» 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: Mate: «I've got loads of rare cards but they're in a safe at the bank».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
2	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
3	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 got	punct
4	I	I	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs	6 got	nsubj
5	've	have	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 got	aux
6	got	get	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part	1 Mate	appos
7	loads	load	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 got	obj
8	of	of	ADP	_	10 cards	case
9	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	10 cards	amod
10	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 loads	nmod
11	but	but	CCONJ	_	16 safe	cc
12	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 safe	nsubj
13	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 safe	cop
14	in	in	ADP	_	16 safe	case
15	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	16 safe	det
16	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 got	conj
17	at	at	ADP	_	19 bank	case
18	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	19 bank	det
19	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 safe	obl
20	»	»	PUNCT	_	16 safe	punct
21	.	.	PUNCT	_	1 Mate	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get in a quote	present · perfect	I	loads of rare cards					vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer load=Stimulus
2	is in a quote	present	loads = load			the bank		safe 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's the sensible view?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 What	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 view	det
4	sensible	sensible	ADJ	Degree=Pos	5 view	amod
5	view	view	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 What	nsubj
6	?	?	PUNCT	_	1 What	punct

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

The options

Option 1 · ✓ the right answer

It's probably a story, since you can never see them

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	5 story	nsubj
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 story	cop
3	probably	probably	ADV	_	5 story	advmod
4	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	5 story	det
5	story	story	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 story	punct
7	since	since	SCONJ	_	11 see	mark
8	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 see	nsubj
9	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	11 see	aux
10	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	11 see	advmod
11	see	see	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 story	acl
12	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 see	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	It	a story				probably property	tree rules
2	not see	can	you	them = they					vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus

Option 2 · ← Mova's choice

Get your own safe at the bank to keep your rare cards in

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Get	get	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 own	nmod:poss
3	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Get	xcomp
4	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	1 Get	xcomp
5	at	at	ADP	_	7 bank	case
6	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	7 bank	det
7	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Get	obl
8	to	to	PART	_	9 keep	mark
9	keep	keep	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	1 Get	advcl
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	12 cards	nmod:poss
11	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	12 cards	amod
12	cards	card	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 keep	obj
13	in	in	ADP	_	9 keep	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	imperative	you not said here			the bank		own, safe property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer
2	keep	to-infinitive	you not said here	your rare cards					vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent card=Theme

Option 3

It must be true, because only rare things go in bank safes

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	4 true	nsubj
2	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 true	aux
3	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	4 true	cop
4	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 go	punct
6	because	because	SCONJ	_	10 go	mark
7	only	only	ADV	_	8 rare	advmod
8	rare	rare	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 things	amod
9	things	thing	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 go	nsubj
10	go	go	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 true	conj
11	in	in	ADP	_	13 safes	case
12	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	13 safes	compound
13	safes	safe	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	must	It					true property	tree rules
2	go	present	rare things			bank safes			vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme in safe=Location

Option 4

Ask him for the bank's address and go there yourself to look

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Ask	ask	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	root	root
2	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 Ask	obj
3	for	for	ADP	_	7 address	case
4	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 bank	det
5	bank	bank	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 address	nmod:poss
6	's	's	PART	_	5 bank	case
7	address	address	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 Ask	obl
8	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 go	cc
9	go	go	VERB	Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin	1 Ask	conj
10	there	there	ADV	PronType=Dem	9 go	advmod
11	yourself	yourself	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=2 PronType=Prs Reflex=Yes	9 go	obl:unmarked
12	to	to	PART	_	13 look	mark
13	look	look	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	9 go	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	other	roles by
1	ask speech: ask	imperative	you not said here		him = he		for the bank's address	vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent he=Recipient
2	go	infinitive	you not said here	yourself		there		vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	look	to-infinitive	you not said here					vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus
4	address		the bank					nom address «communication transitive»: poss=agent

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