Test 4 · ★★ · Staying safe and kind online
A boy in Manchester keeps getting nasty messages from a classmate. What is the best plan?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 2 · right ✓ · Who acts: boy, best plan · What happens: keep, get, be · To what, where: nasty messages, classmate
This is test 4 · ★★ of lesson 59 «Staying safe and kind online» 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
Sentence 1: A boy in Manchester keeps getting nasty messages from a classmate.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 2 boy | det |
| 2 | boy | boy | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 keeps | nsubj |
| 3 | in | in | ADP | _ | 4 Manchester | case |
| 4 | Manchester | Manchester | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 boy | nmod |
| 5 | keeps | keep | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 6 | getting | get | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 5 keeps | xcomp |
| 7 | nasty | nasty | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 messages | amod |
| 8 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 6 getting | obj |
| 9 | from | from | ADP | _ | 11 classmate | case |
| 10 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 11 classmate | det |
| 11 | classmate | classmate | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 getting | obl |
| 12 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 5 keeps | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | keep | present | a boy in Manchester | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | get | gerund | a boy in Manchester not said here | nasty messages | a classmate | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP PP.source»: agent=Agent message=Theme from classmate=Source |
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.
Sentence 2: What is the best plan?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 plan | det |
| 4 | best | good | ADJ | Degree=Sup | 5 plan | amod |
| 5 | plan | plan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 What | nsubj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 1 What | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | the best plan | tree rules |
The options
Option 1
Delete everything so nobody ever finds out
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Delete | delete | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | everything | everything | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Tot | 1 Delete | obj |
| 3 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 6 finds | mark |
| 4 | nobody | nobody | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 6 finds | nsubj |
| 5 | ever | ever | ADV | PronType=Ind | 6 finds | advmod |
| 6 | finds | find | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Delete | advcl |
| 7 | out | out | ADP | _ | 6 finds | compound:prt |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | delete | imperative | you not said here | everything | vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent everything=Theme | ||||
| 2 | find out | present | nobody | ever | vn learn-14-2-1 «NP V PP.topic»: agent=Agent |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer
Do not reply, save them, block and tell a trusted adult
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Do | do | AUX | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 reply | aux |
| 2 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 3 reply | advmod |
| 3 | reply | reply | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 5 save | punct |
| 5 | save | save | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 reply | conj |
| 6 | them | they | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 save | obj |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 8 block | punct |
| 8 | block | block | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 reply | conj |
| 9 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 10 tell | cc |
| 10 | tell | tell | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | 3 reply | conj |
| 11 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 adult | det |
| 12 | trusted | trust | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | 13 adult | amod |
| 13 | adult | adult | NOUN | Number=Sing | 10 tell | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | not reply speech: assert | imperative · do-support | you not said here | vn respond-113 «NP V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | save | infinitive | you not said here | them = they | vn get-13.5.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent they=Theme | ||||
| 3 | block | infinitive | you not said here | vn forbid-64.4-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Causer | |||||
| 4 | tell speech: assert | infinitive | you not said here | a trusted adult | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent adult=Recipient | ||||
| 5 | trust | participle | vn conjecture-29.5-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent |
Option 3
Close his account and say nothing to anyone
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Close | close | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 account | nmod:poss |
| 3 | account | account | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Close | obj |
| 4 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 5 say | cc |
| 5 | say | say | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Close | conj |
| 6 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 5 say | obj |
| 7 | to | to | ADP | _ | 8 anyone | case |
| 8 | anyone | anyone | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Ind | 6 nothing | nmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | close | imperative | you not said here | his account | vn crane-40.3.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent account=Patient | ||||
| 2 | say speech: assert | present | you not said here | nothing | anyone | vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP PP.recipient»: agent=Agent nothing=Topic to anyone=Recipient | |||
| 3 | account | his = he | nom account «communication transitive»: poss=agent |
Option 4
Reply with worse messages so it stops
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Reply | reply | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | with | with | ADP | _ | 4 messages | case |
| 3 | worse | bad | ADJ | Degree=Cmp | 4 messages | amod |
| 4 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 1 Reply | obl |
| 5 | so | so | SCONJ | _ | 7 stops | mark |
| 6 | it | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 stops | nsubj |
| 7 | stops | stop | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 Reply | advcl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | reply speech: assert | imperative | you not said here | with worse messages | vn respond-113 «NP V PP.predicate»: agent=Agent with message=Eventuality | ||||
| 2 | stop | present | it | vn stop-55.4-1-1 «NP.eventuality V»: agent=Eventuality |
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