Test 6 · Trusted adults and asking for help
Why is knowing a parent's phone number by heart useful?
Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · What happens: know · To what, where: phone number
This is test 6 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 | Why | why | ADV | PronType=Int | 3 knowing | advmod |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 knowing | aux |
| 3 | knowing | know | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | root | root |
| 4 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 parent | det |
| 5 | parent | parent | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 number | nmod:poss |
| 6 | 's | 's | PART | _ | 5 parent | case |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 number | compound |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knowing | obj |
| 9 | by | by | ADP | _ | 10 heart | case |
| 10 | heart | heart | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 knowing | obl |
| 11 | useful | useful | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 10 heart | amod |
| 12 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 3 knowing | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | know | present · progressive | a parent's phone number | by heart | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus |
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
It means you never need to ask anyone for help, wherever you are
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 | 2 means | nsubj |
| 2 | means | mean | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 need | nsubj |
| 4 | never | never | ADV | PronType=Neg | 5 need | advmod |
| 5 | need | need | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 2 means | ccomp |
| 6 | to | to | PART | _ | 7 ask | mark |
| 7 | ask | ask | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 need | xcomp |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 7 ask | obj |
| 9 | for | for | ADP | _ | 10 help | case |
| 10 | help | help | NOUN | Number=Sing | 7 ask | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 12 wherever | punct |
| 12 | wherever | wherever | ADV | PronType=Int | 2 means | conj |
| 13 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 14 are | nsubj |
| 14 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 12 wherever | cop |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | mean | present | It | vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic | |||||
| 2 | not need | present | you | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | ask speech: ask not said to happen | to-infinitive | you not said here | anyone | for help | vn inquire-37.1.2 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent anyone=Recipient | |||
| 4 | is | present | wherever property | tree rules |
Option 2 · ✓ the right answer
If you are lost or your phone is gone, a helper can call them
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | If | if | SCONJ | _ | 4 lost | mark |
| 2 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 lost | nsubj |
| 3 | are | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 lost | aux:pass |
| 4 | lost | lose | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 14 call | advcl |
| 5 | or | or | CCONJ | _ | 9 gone | cc |
| 6 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 7 phone | nmod:poss |
| 7 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 gone | nsubj |
| 8 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 9 gone | cop |
| 9 | gone | gone | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 4 lost | conj |
| 10 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 4 lost | punct |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 12 helper | det |
| 12 | helper | helper | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 call | nsubj |
| 13 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 14 call | aux |
| 14 | call | call | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 15 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 14 call | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | lose a condition, not said to happen | present · passive | you | vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality | |||||
| 2 | is | present | your phone | gone property | tree rules | ||||
| 3 | call | can | a helper | them = they | vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent they=Recipient |
Option 3 · ← Mova's choice
Phones only work if you know the number
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Phones | phone | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 work | nsubj |
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 work | advmod |
| 3 | work | work | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | if | if | SCONJ | _ | 6 know | mark |
| 5 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 6 know | nsubj |
| 6 | know | know | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 work | advcl |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 number | det |
| 8 | number | number | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 know | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | work | present | Phones | vn employment-95.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | know a condition, not said to happen | present | you | the number | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer number=Stimulus |
Option 4
It helps you win quizzes at school
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 | 2 helps | nsubj |
| 2 | helps | help | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 2 helps | obj |
| 4 | win | win | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 2 helps | xcomp |
| 5 | quizzes | quiz | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 win | obj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 school | case |
| 7 | school | school | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 win | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | help | present | It | you | vn help-72.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Agent you=Beneficiary clause=Theme | ||||
| 2 | win | infinitive | you not said here | quizzes | school | vn get-13.5.1 «NP V NP PP.source NP.asset»: agent=Agent quiz=Theme at school=Asset |
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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