Test 18 · Mistakes, asking for help and saying no

girl in year 6 apparently sent a photo to some "13 yr old" online n it was really a 50 yr old man, now the police are everywhere, my sister said. what's the bit to believe

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: girl, photo, police, sister, old man · What happens: send, be, say, believe · To what, where: photo, old, old man, bit · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 18 of lesson 99 «Mistakes, asking for help and saying no» 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	girl	girl	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	nsubj
2	in	in	ADP	_	3 year	case
3	year	year	NOUN	Number=Sing	1 girl	nmod
4	6	6	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	3 year	flat
5	apparently	apparently	ADV	_	6 sent	advmod
6	sent	send	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 photo	det
8	photo	photo	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	obj
9	to	to	ADP	_	14 old	case
10	some	some	DET	PronType=Ind	14 old	nsubj
11	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 old	punct
12	13	13	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	13 yr	nummod
13	yr	year	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	14 old	obl:unmarked
14	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 sent	obl
15	"	"	PUNCT	_	14 old	punct
16	online	online	ADV	_	6 sent	advmod
17	n	n	SCONJ	_	25 man	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	25 man	nsubj
19	was	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	25 man	cop
20	really	really	ADV	_	25 man	advmod
21	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	25 man	det
22	50	50	NUM	NumForm=Digit NumType=Card	23 yr	nummod
23	yr	year	NOUN	Abbr=Yes Number=Sing	24 old	obl:unmarked
24	old	old	ADJ	Degree=Pos	25 man	amod
25	man	man	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 sent	advcl
26	,	,	PUNCT	_	31 everywhere	punct
27	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	31 everywhere	advmod
28	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	29 police	det
29	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	31 everywhere	nsubj
30	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	31 everywhere	cop
31	everywhere	everywhere	ADV	PronType=Tot	40 bit	advmod
32	,	,	PUNCT	_	35 said	punct
33	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	34 sister	nmod:poss
34	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	35 said	nsubj
35	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	31 everywhere	parataxis
36	.	.	PUNCT	_	35 said	punct
37	what	what	PRON	PronType=Int	40 bit	nsubj
38	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	40 bit	cop
39	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	40 bit	det
40	bit	bit	NOUN	Number=Sing	25 man	acl:relcl
41	to	to	PART	_	42 believe	mark
42	believe	believe	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	40 bit	acl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	send	past	girl in year	a photo	old		apparently, online property	vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent photo=Theme to old=Destination
2	is a	past	photo	a old man				tree rules
3	is	present	the police			now	everywhere property	tree rules
4	say speech: assert	past	my sister					vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
5	is a	present	a old man	the bit				tree rules
6	believe	to-infinitive	photo not said here					vn admire-31.2 «NP V that S»: agent=Experiencer

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

None of it, people online are always who they say

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	None	none	PRON	PronType=Neg	9 who	nsubj
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 None	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 people	punct
5	people	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	1 None	conj
6	online	online	ADV	_	5 people	advmod
7	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 who	cop
8	always	always	ADV	PronType=Tot	9 who	advmod
9	who	who	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
10	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 say	nsubj
11	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 who	acl:relcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	None					always property	tree rules
2	say speech: assert	present	people						vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent

Option 2

All of it, every single detail exactly as your sister said it happened

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	All	all	DET	PronType=Tot	7 detail	det
2	of	of	ADP	_	3 it	case
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	1 All	nmod
4	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 All	punct
5	every	every	DET	PronType=Tot	7 detail	det
6	single	single	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 detail	amod
7	detail	detail	NOUN	Number=Sing	14 happened	nsubj
8	exactly	exactly	ADV	_	12 said	advmod
9	as	as	SCONJ	_	12 said	mark
10	your	your	PRON	Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs	11 sister	nmod:poss
11	sister	sister	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	nsubj
12	said	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	7 detail	acl:relcl
13	it	it	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 said	obj
14	happened	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	say speech: assert	past	your sister	detail				exactly property	vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V NP.topic»: agent=Agent it=Topic
2	happen	past	all single detail						vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 3 · ✓ the right answer

People online may not be who they say, so never send them photos

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	People	people	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 be	nsubj
2	online	online	ADV	_	1 People	advmod
3	may	may	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 be	aux
4	not	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	5 be	advmod
5	be	be	AUX	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	cop
6	who	who	PRON	PronType=Rel	8 say	nsubj
7	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	8 say	nsubj
8	say	say	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 send	punct
10	so	so	ADV	_	12 send	advmod
11	never	never	ADV	PronType=Neg	12 send	advmod
12	send	send	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	8 say	ccomp
13	them	they	PRON	Case=Acc Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	12 send	obj
14	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	12 send	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	infinitive						say property	tree rules
2	not send	infinitive		People					vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent they=Destination photo=Theme

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice

Only that the police come whenever photos are sent

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	5 come	advmod
2	that	that	SCONJ	_	5 come	mark
3	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	4 police	det
4	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 come	nsubj
5	come	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	whenever	whenever	SCONJ	_	9 sent	mark
7	photos	photo	NOUN	Number=Plur	9 sent	nsubj:pass
8	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	9 sent	aux:pass
9	sent	send	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	5 come	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	come	present	the police						vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	send	present · passive		photos					vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Theme

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