Test 12 · Trusted adults and asking for help

my little bro rang 911 for a laugh. big deal?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: little bro · What happens: ring · To what, where: 911

This is test 12 of lesson 56 «Trusted adults and asking for help» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	3 bro	nmod:poss
2	little	little	ADJ	Degree=Pos	3 bro	amod
3	bro	bro	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rang	nsubj
4	rang	ring	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	911	911	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	4 rang	obj
6	for	for	ADP	_	8 laugh	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 laugh	det
8	laugh	laugh	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rang	obl
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 rang	punct
10	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	11 deal	amod
11	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 rang	obj
12	?	?	PUNCT	_	4 rang	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	ring	past	my little bro	911				for a laugh	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.

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

No, it is fine if he hangs up fast

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 fine	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 fine	expl
4	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	cop
5	fine	fine	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	8 hangs	mark
7	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 hangs	nsubj
8	hangs	hang	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 fine	advcl
9	up	up	ADP	_	8 hangs	compound:prt
10	fast	fast	ADV	Degree=Pos	8 hangs	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						fine property	tree rules
2	hang up a condition, not said to happen	present	he					fast property	vn assuming_position-50 «NP V»: agent=Agent

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

Yes, emergency numbers are only for real emergencies

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	9 emergencies	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	emergency	emergency	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 numbers	compound
4	numbers	number	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 emergencies	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 emergencies	cop
6	only	only	ADV	_	9 emergencies	advmod
7	for	for	ADP	_	9 emergencies	case
8	real	real	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 emergencies	amod
9	emergencies	emergency	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	emergency numbers					for real emergencies	tree rules

Option 3

No, kids are allowed to prank call, they're only kids

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 allowed	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	nsubj:pass
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 allowed	aux:pass
5	allowed	allow	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
6	to	to	PART	_	8 call	mark
7	prank	prank	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 call	compound
8	call	call	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 allowed	xcomp
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 allowed	punct
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	13 kids	nsubj
11	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	13 kids	cop
12	only	only	ADV	_	13 kids	advmod
13	kids	kid	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 allowed	parataxis

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	allow	present · passive		kids					vn allow-64.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Beneficiary
2	is a	present	kids = kid	kids					tree rules

Option 4

Only a big deal if he did it twice

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	4 deal	advmod
2	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 deal	det
3	big	big	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 deal	amod
4	deal	deal	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 did	nsubj
5	if	if	SCONJ	_	7 did	mark
6	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	nsubj
7	did	do	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
8	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 did	obj
9	twice	twice	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Mult	7 did	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	do	past	a big deal	it				twice property	vn act-114-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Eventuality

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