Test 8 · The only child: a quiet house

«Desmond's home alone after school, that's dodgy, someone should report it». What's the fair view?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: home, someone, fair view · What happens: be, report · To what, where: home

This is test 8 of lesson 498 «The only child: a quiet house» 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: «Desmond's home alone after school, that's dodgy, someone should report it».

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	«	«	PUNCT	_	4 home	punct
2	Desmond	Desmond	PROPN	Number=Sing	4 home	nmod:poss
3	's	's	PART	_	2 Desmond	case
4	home	home	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 dodgy	nsubj
5	alone	alone	ADV	_	4 home	advmod
6	after	after	ADP	_	7 school	case
7	school	school	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 home	nmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	11 dodgy	punct
9	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	11 dodgy	nsubj
10	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 dodgy	cop
11	dodgy	dodgy	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 report	punct
13	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	15 report	nsubj
14	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 report	aux
15	report	report	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 dodgy	parataxis
16	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	15 report	obj
17	»	»	PUNCT	_	15 report	punct
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	11 dodgy	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is in a quote	present	Desmond's home after school					dodgy property	tree rules
2	report in a quote	should	someone	home					vn prosecute-33.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Patient

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 fair 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	fair	fair	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 fair view						tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Any child alone for a single minute must be reported to the police

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	2 child	det
2	child	child	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 reported	nsubj:pass
3	alone	alone	ADV	_	2 child	advmod
4	for	for	ADP	_	7 minute	case
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 minute	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 minute	amod
7	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 child	nmod
8	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	10 reported	aux
9	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	10 reported	aux:pass
10	reported	report	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
11	to	to	ADP	_	13 police	case
12	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	13 police	det
13	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	10 reported	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	report	must · passive		any child for a single minute	the police				vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: subject=Topic to police=Recipient

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

A short time with clear rules and a grown-up on call can be fine

The tree, 15 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	A	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	3 time	det
2	short	short	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 time	amod
3	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 fine	nsubj
4	with	with	ADP	_	6 rules	case
5	clear	clear	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 rules	amod
6	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 time	nmod
7	and	and	CCONJ	_	13 call	cc
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	13 call	det
9	grown	grow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	13 call	amod
10	-	-	PUNCT	_	11 up	punct
11	up	up	ADP	_	9 grown	compound:prt
12	on	on	ADP	_	13 call	case
13	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 rules	conj
14	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 fine	aux
15	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	16 fine	cop
16	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	grow up	participle							vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	can	a short time with clear rules and a grown call					fine property	tree rules

Option 3

It's always fine for kids to be alone all evening with no rules

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 fine	expl
2	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 fine	cop
3	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	4 fine	advmod
4	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	for	for	ADP	_	6 kids	case
6	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 fine	obl
7	to	to	PART	_	9 alone	mark
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 alone	cop
9	alone	alone	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 kids	acl
10	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	11 evening	det
11	evening	evening	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 fine	obl:unmarked
12	with	with	ADP	_	14 rules	case
13	no	no	DET	PronType=Neg	14 rules	det
14	rules	rule	NOUN	Number=Plur	11 evening	nmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present					evening	for kids; always, fine property	tree rules
2	is	to-infinitive						alone property	tree rules

Option 4

Kids should never have a key to their own front door, ever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 have	nsubj
2	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 have	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 have	advmod
4	have	have	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	6 key	det
6	key	key	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obj
7	to	to	ADP	_	11 door	case
8	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 door	nmod:poss
9	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 door	amod
10	front	front	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 door	amod
11	door	door	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 have	obl
12	,	,	PUNCT	_	13 ever	punct
13	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 have	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not have	should	Kids	a key				to Kids's own front door	vn birth-28.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent key=Patient

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