Test 9 · ★★ · Cruel pranks and where the line is
Lads fake-steal in a shop for a video. Worker's shaking. Which of the three tests does it fail?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 1 · right ✓ · Who acts: Worker, shaking · What happens: shake, fail
This is test 9 · ★★ of lesson 439 «Cruel pranks and where the line is» 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: Lads fake-steal in a shop for a video.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lads | lad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 steal | nsubj |
| 2 | fake | fake | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 steal | amod |
| 3 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 2 fake | punct |
| 4 | steal | steal | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 5 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 shop | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 shop | det |
| 7 | shop | shop | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steal | nmod |
| 8 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 video | case |
| 9 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 10 video | det |
| 10 | video | video | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 steal | nmod |
| 11 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 steal | punct |
The frames reader finds no event or fact in this sentence.
Sentence 2: Worker's shaking.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Worker | Worker | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shaking | nmod:poss |
| 2 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 1 Worker | case |
| 3 | shaking | shaking | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 4 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 shaking | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | shake | Worker | nom shaking «act transitive»: poss=agent |
Sentence 3: Which of the three tests does it fail?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Which | which | PRON | PronType=Rel | 8 fail | obj |
| 2 | of | of | ADP | _ | 5 tests | case |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 tests | det |
| 4 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 5 tests | nummod |
| 5 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 fail | obl |
| 6 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 fail | aux |
| 7 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 fail | nsubj |
| 8 | fail | fail | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 9 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 8 fail | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | fail | present · do-support | shaking | of the three tests | vn succeed-74-3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent which=Eventuality |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Would you be happy if it was done to you?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Would | would | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 happy | aux |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 happy | nsubj |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 happy | cop |
| 4 | happy | happy | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 5 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 8 done | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 done | nsubj:pass |
| 7 | was | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 8 done | aux:pass |
| 8 | done | do | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 4 happy | advcl |
| 9 | to | to | ADP | _ | 10 you | case |
| 10 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 done | obl |
| 11 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 happy | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | would | you | happy property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | do a condition, not said to happen | past · passive | it | you | vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality |
Option 2
None, it passes all three
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | None | none | PRON | PronType=Neg | 4 passes | nsubj |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 None | punct |
| 3 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 passes | nsubj |
| 4 | passes | pass | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 6 three | det |
| 6 | three | three | NUM | NumForm=Word NumType=Card | 4 passes | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | pass | present | None | all three | vn escape-51.1-1-3 «NP V NP»: agent=Theme three=Trajectory |
Option 3
It's not a prank at all, so no tests apply
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 prank | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 prank | cop |
| 3 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 5 prank | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 prank | det |
| 5 | prank | prank | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 all | case |
| 7 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 5 prank | nmod |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 apply | punct |
| 9 | so | so | ADV | _ | 12 apply | advmod |
| 10 | no | no | DET | PronType=Neg | 11 tests | det |
| 11 | tests | test | NOUN | Number=Plur | 12 apply | nsubj |
| 12 | apply | apply | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 prank | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not is a | present | It | a prank | all | tree rules | |||
| 2 | apply | present | no tests | vn use-105.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent |
Option 4
Only «can it be undone?»
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 6 undone | advmod |
| 2 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 6 undone | punct |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 6 undone | aux |
| 4 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 6 undone | nsubj:pass |
| 5 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 6 undone | aux:pass |
| 6 | undone | undo | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 6 undone | punct |
| 8 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 6 undone | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | undo in a quote | can · passive | it | vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient |
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