Test 16 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

Ella says strangers who smile are always safe. true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 2 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Ella, strangers · What happens: say, smile, be · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 16 · ★★ of lesson 58 «Strangers and tricky people» 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	Ella	Ella	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 says	nsubj
2	says	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 safe	nsubj
4	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 smile	nsubj
5	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 strangers	acl:relcl
6	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 safe	cop
7	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	8 safe	advmod
8	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	2 says	ccomp
9	.	.	PUNCT	_	8 safe	punct
10	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	8 safe	conj
11	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 says	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	present	Ella		vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
2	smile	present	strangers		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent
3	is	present	strangers	always, safe property	tree rules
4	be		strangers not said here		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

Yes, smiles mean kindness

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 smiles	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	smiles	smile	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 mean	nsubj
4	mean	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	kindness	kindness	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 mean	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	smiles	kindness					vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent kindness=Topic

Option 2 · ✓ the right answer

No, a smile does not show if someone is safe

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 show	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 smile	det
4	smile	smile	NOUN	Number=Sing	7 show	nsubj
5	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 show	aux
6	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	7 show	advmod
7	show	show	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
8	if	if	SCONJ	_	11 safe	mark
9	someone	someone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	11 safe	nsubj
10	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	11 safe	cop
11	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 show	ccomp

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not show	present · do-support	a smile						vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Agent
2	is a condition, not said to happen	present	someone					safe property	tree rules

Option 3

Yes, unless they are sitting in a car and want you to come over

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	6 sitting	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	6 sitting	punct
3	unless	unless	SCONJ	_	6 sitting	mark
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	6 sitting	nsubj
5	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sitting	aux
6	sitting	sit	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	root	root
7	in	in	ADP	_	9 car	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 car	det
9	car	car	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sitting	obl
10	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 want	cc
11	want	want	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 sitting	conj
12	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	11 want	obj
13	to	to	PART	_	14 come	mark
14	come	come	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 want	xcomp
15	over	over	ADV	_	14 come	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	other	roles by
1	sit	present · progressive	they		a car		vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent in car=Location
2	want	present	they not said here	you			tree rules
3	come over not said to happen	to-infinitive	you not said here			over property	vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, bad people never smile

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	3 bad	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 people	amod
4	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 smile	nsubj
5	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	6 smile	advmod
6	smile	smile	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not smile	present	bad people						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent

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