Test 7 · ★★ · Strangers and tricky people

Which is true?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · What happens: be

This is test 7 · ★★ 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	3 true	nsubj
2	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 true	cop
3	true	true	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 true	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present						true property	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

All strangers are dangerous and must never be spoken to, even when you are lost or hurt

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	2 strangers	det
2	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 dangerous	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 dangerous	cop
4	dangerous	dangerous	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	and	and	CCONJ	_	9 spoken	cc
6	must	must	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	9 spoken	aux
7	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	9 spoken	advmod
8	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	9 spoken	aux:pass
9	spoken	speak	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dangerous	conj
10	to	to	ADP	_	9 spoken	obl
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	16 lost	punct
12	even	even	ADV	_	16 lost	advmod
13	when	when	SCONJ	_	16 lost	mark
14	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	16 lost	nsubj
15	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	16 lost	aux:pass
16	lost	lose	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	4 dangerous	parataxis
17	or	or	CCONJ	_	18 hurt	cc
18	hurt	hurt	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	16 lost	conj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	is	present	all strangers		dangerous property	tree rules
2	not speak speech: other	must · passive	all strangers not said here			vn talk-37.5 «NP V»
3	lose	present · passive		you		vn succeed-74-3-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Eventuality
4	hurt	participle				vn amuse-31.1 «NP V ADV-Middle»: agent=Experiencer

Option 2

Only men can be tricky people

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 men	advmod
2	men	man	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 people	nsubj
3	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 people	aux
4	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	6 people	cop
5	tricky	tricky	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 people	amod
6	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	can	men	tricky people					tree rules

Option 3

People you know are always safe to go with

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 safe	nsubj
2	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	3 know	nsubj
3	know	know	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	1 People	acl:relcl
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	6 safe	cop
5	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	6 safe	advmod
6	safe	safe	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
7	to	to	PART	_	8 go	mark
8	go	go	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	6 safe	csubj
9	with	with	ADP	_	8 go	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	know	present	you	People not said here		vn comprehend-87.2-1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.attribute»: agent=Experiencer people=Stimulus
2	is	present	People		always, safe property	tree rules
3	go	to-infinitive				vn disappearance-48.2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

Most strangers are kind, but you still check first before going with anyone

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Most	most	ADJ	Degree=Sup	2 strangers	amod
2	strangers	stranger	NOUN	Number=Plur	4 kind	nsubj
3	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	cop
4	kind	kind	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
5	,	,	PUNCT	_	9 check	punct
6	but	but	CCONJ	_	9 check	cc
7	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	9 check	nsubj
8	still	still	ADV	_	9 check	advmod
9	check	check	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 kind	conj
10	first	first	ADV	NumForm=Word NumType=Ord	9 check	advmod
11	before	before	SCONJ	_	12 going	mark
12	going	go	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	9 check	advcl
13	with	with	ADP	_	14 anyone	case
14	anyone	anyone	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	12 going	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	Most strangers		kind property	tree rules
2	check	present	you	still	first property	vn assessment-34.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent
3	go	gerund	you not said here		with anyone	vn help-72.1-2 «NP V PP.beneficiary»: agent=Agent with anyone=Beneficiary

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