Test 9 · ★★★ · The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend
In a cartoon, a kid sneaks out to meet an internet friend and it's an adventure. What's true in real life?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: kid · What happens: sneak out, meet, be · To what, where: cartoon, internet friend, adventure, real life
This is test 9 · ★★★ of lesson 480 «The friend in the game you never met, and the fake friend» 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 cartoon, a kid sneaks out to meet an internet friend and it's an adventure.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | In | in | ADP | _ | 3 cartoon | case |
| 2 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 3 cartoon | det |
| 3 | cartoon | cartoon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sneaks | obl |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 3 cartoon | punct |
| 5 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 kid | det |
| 6 | kid | kid | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 sneaks | nsubj |
| 7 | sneaks | sneak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 8 | out | out | ADP | _ | 7 sneaks | compound:prt |
| 9 | to | to | PART | _ | 10 meet | mark |
| 10 | meet | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 sneaks | advcl |
| 11 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 friend | det |
| 12 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 friend | compound |
| 13 | friend | friend | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 meet | obj |
| 14 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 18 adventure | cc |
| 15 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 18 adventure | nsubj |
| 16 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 adventure | cop |
| 17 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 18 adventure | det |
| 18 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | 13 friend | conj |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 7 sneaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | sneak out | present | a kid | a cartoon | vn run-51.3.2-2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme in cartoon=Trajectory | ||||
| 2 | meet | to-infinitive | a kid not said here | a internet friend and a adventure | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent friend=Co-Agent | ||||
| 3 | is a | present | kid | a adventure | 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 true in real life?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 life | case |
| 5 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 life | amod |
| 6 | life | life | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 true | obl |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 true | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | real life | true property | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
It's always a fun adventure, just like on TV
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 | 6 adventure | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 6 adventure | cop |
| 3 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 6 adventure | advmod |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 6 adventure | det |
| 5 | fun | fun | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 6 adventure | amod |
| 6 | adventure | adventure | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 11 TV | punct |
| 8 | just | just | ADV | _ | 11 TV | advmod |
| 9 | like | like | ADP | _ | 11 TV | case |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 TV | case |
| 11 | TV | TV | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 adventure | conj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a fun adventure and TV | always property | tree rules |
Option 2
Parents always come along secretly to keep watch
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Parents | parent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 come | nsubj |
| 2 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 3 come | advmod |
| 3 | come | come | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | along | along | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 5 | secretly | secretly | ADV | _ | 3 come | advmod |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 keep | mark |
| 7 | keep | keep | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 come | advcl |
| 8 | watch | watch | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 keep | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | come along | present | Parents | along, always, secretly property | vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||
| 2 | keep | to-infinitive | Parents not said here | watch | vn keep-15.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent watch=Theme |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Online friends are always kids
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 2 friends | amod |
| 2 | friends | friend | NOUN | Number=Plur | 5 kids | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 kids | cop |
| 4 | always | always | ADV | PronType=Tot | 5 kids | advmod |
| 5 | kids | kid | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | Online friends | kids | always property | tree rules |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Meeting an online stranger can be very dangerous
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Meeting | meet | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 dangerous | csubj |
| 2 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 4 stranger | det |
| 3 | online | online | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 stranger | amod |
| 4 | stranger | stranger | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Meeting | obj |
| 5 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 8 dangerous | aux |
| 6 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 8 dangerous | cop |
| 7 | very | very | ADV | _ | 8 dangerous | advmod |
| 8 | dangerous | dangerous | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | meet | gerund | a online stranger | vn meet-36.3-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent stranger=Co-Agent | |||||
| 2 | is | can | Meeting | dangerous property | tree rules |
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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