Test 7 · ★★ · The group chat that turns
«I only said it to Ellie, it's private». What happened next shows what?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: I, it · What happens: say, be, happen, show · To what, where: it, Ellie · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 7 · ★★ of lesson 479 «The group chat that turns» 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: «I only said it to Ellie, it's private».
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | « | « | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| 2 | I | I | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 4 said | nsubj |
| 3 | only | only | ADV | _ | 4 said | advmod |
| 4 | said | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 said | obj |
| 6 | to | to | ADP | _ | 7 Ellie | case |
| 7 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 said | obl |
| 8 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 private | punct |
| 9 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 11 private | nsubj |
| 10 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 11 private | cop |
| 11 | private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 said | ccomp |
| 12 | » | » | PUNCT | _ | 11 private | punct |
| 13 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 4 said | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | say speech: assert in a quote | past | I | it | Ellie | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent it=Topic to ellie=Recipient | |||
| 2 | is in a quote | present | it | private 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 happened next shows what?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 happened | nsubj |
| 2 | happened | happen | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 4 shows | csubj |
| 3 | next | next | ADV | _ | 2 happened | advmod |
| 4 | shows | show | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 shows | obj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 shows | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | happen | past | next property | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 2 | show | present | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent what=Recipient |
The options
Option 1
Messages vanish forever once they have been read
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 vanish | nsubj |
| 2 | vanish | vanish | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | forever | forever | ADV | _ | 2 vanish | advmod |
| 4 | once | once | ADV | NumForm=Word NumType=Mult | 2 vanish | advmod |
| 5 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 8 read | nsubj |
| 6 | have | have | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 read | aux |
| 7 | been | be | AUX | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part | 8 read | aux:pass |
| 8 | read | read | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 2 vanish | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | vanish | present | Messages | forever, once property | vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | read | present · perfect · passive | Messages = message | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Topic |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
Ellie never shares anything with anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ellie | Ellie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 shares | nsubj |
| 2 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 3 shares | advmod |
| 3 | shares | share | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 shares | obj |
| 5 | with | with | ADP | _ | 6 anyone | case |
| 6 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 3 shares | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not share | present | Ellie | anything | with anyone | tree rules |
Option 3
Private messages are always safe
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Private | private | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 messages | amod |
| 2 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 safe | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 safe | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 safe | advmod |
| 5 | safe | safe | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | Private messages | always, safe property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Anything typed can be screenshotted and shared
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anything | anything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 5 screenshotted | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | typed | type | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 1 Anything | acl |
| 3 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 screenshotted | aux |
| 4 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 5 screenshotted | aux:pass |
| 5 | screenshotted | screenshott | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 6 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 7 shared | cc |
| 7 | shared | share | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 5 screenshotted | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | type | participle | vn scribble-25.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent | ||||||
| 2 | screenshott | can · passive | Anything | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | share | participle | tree rules |
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