Test 2 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

Which is the best explanation of the «check first» rule?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · What happens: be, check · To what, where: best explanation

This is test 2 · ★★ 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	Which	which	PRON	PronType=Rel	5 explanation	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 explanation	cop
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	5 explanation	det
4	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	5 explanation	amod
5	explanation	explanation	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	of	of	ADP	_	12 rule	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	12 rule	det
8	«	«	PUNCT	_	9 check	punct
9	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	12 rule	compound
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 check	advmod
11	»	»	PUNCT	_	9 check	punct
12	rule	rule	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 explanation	nmod
13	?	?	PUNCT	_	5 explanation	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present		the best explanation				of the check rule	tree rules
2	check in a quote	infinitive						first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

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

You only need to check if it is getting dark outside

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 need	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 check	mark
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	if	if	SCONJ	_	9 getting	mark
7	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	9 getting	nsubj
8	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 getting	aux
9	getting	get	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 check	advcl
10	dark	dark	ADJ	Degree=Pos	9 getting	xcomp
11	outside	outside	ADV	_	9 getting	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	need	present	You		vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	check not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here		vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	get a condition, not said to happen	present · progressive	it	dark, outside property	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Children may never go anywhere at all on their own

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Children	child	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 go	nsubj
2	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	4 go	aux
3	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	4 go	advmod
4	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
5	anywhere	anywhere	ADV	PronType=Ind	4 go	advmod
6	at	at	ADP	_	7 all	case
7	all	all	DET	PronType=Tot	4 go	obl
8	on	on	ADP	_	10 own	case
9	their	their	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Plur Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	10 own	nmod:poss
10	own	own	ADJ	Degree=Pos	4 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	not go	may	Children			all		on Children's own; anywhere property	vn occur-48.3-2 «NP V PP»: agent=Theme at all=Location

Option 3

You only need to check with strangers

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	You	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 need	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 need	advmod
3	need	need	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	to	to	PART	_	5 check	mark
5	check	check	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	3 need	xcomp
6	with	with	ADP	_	7 strangers	case
7	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 check	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	need	present	You						vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme
2	check not said to happen	to-infinitive	You not said here					with strangers	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

Your parent should always know where you are and who you are with

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	2 parent	nmod:poss
2	parent	parent	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 know	nsubj
3	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 know	aux
4	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	5 know	advmod
5	know	know	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	where	where	ADV	PronType=Rel	5 know	ccomp
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	6 where	nsubj
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 where	cop
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	10 who	cc
10	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	6 where	conj
11	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	10 who	nsubj
12	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	10 who	cop
13	with	with	ADP	_	5 know	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	other	roles by
1	know	should	Your parent	always property	vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer
2	is	present	you	where property	tree rules
3	is a	present	you		tree rules

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