Test 9 · Adverts and how they work on you
Sophie freaks out: "Is the internet spying on me?!" What's the honest answer?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: Sophie, internet, honest answer · What happens: freak out, be, spy · To what, where: internet
This is test 9 of lesson 33 «Adverts and how they work on you» of the money 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: Sophie freaks out: "Is the internet spying on me?!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sophie | Sophie | PROPN | Number=Sing | 2 freaks | nsubj |
| 2 | freaks | freak | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | out | out | ADP | _ | 2 freaks | compound:prt |
| 4 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 8 internet | punct |
| 5 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 8 internet | punct |
| 6 | Is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 8 internet | cop |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 internet | det |
| 8 | internet | internet | NOUN | Number=Sing | 2 freaks | obl |
| 9 | spying | spy | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 8 internet | acl |
| 10 | on | on | ADP | _ | 11 me | case |
| 11 | me | I | PRON | Case=Acc Number=Sing Person=1 PronType=Prs | 9 spying | obl |
| 12 | ?! | ?! | PUNCT | _ | 2 freaks | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 freaks | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | freak out | present | Sophie | vn marvel-31.3 «NP V»: agent=Experiencer | |||||
| 2 | is a in a quote | present | the internet | tree rules | |||||
| 3 | spy in a quote | gerund | the internet not said here | on me | vn sight-30.2 «NP V NP»: 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.
Sentence 2: What's the honest answer?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | root | root |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 1 What | cop |
| 3 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 5 answer | det |
| 4 | honest | honest | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 answer | amod |
| 5 | answer | answer | 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 honest answer | tree rules |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Only your teacher can see what you search
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Only | only | ADV | _ | 5 see | advmod |
| 2 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 teacher | nmod:poss |
| 3 | teacher | teacher | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 see | nsubj |
| 4 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | aux |
| 5 | see | see | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 8 search | obj |
| 7 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 8 search | nsubj |
| 8 | search | search | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 see | ccomp |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | see | can | your teacher | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V how S_INF»: agent=Experiencer clause=Stimulus | |||||
| 2 | search | present | you | vn search-35.2 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent what=Location |
Option 2
Yes, a real person at the company reads all of your messages every night
The tree, 14 words
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yes | yes | INTJ | Polarity=Pos | 9 reads | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 Yes | punct |
| 3 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 person | det |
| 4 | real | real | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 person | amod |
| 5 | person | person | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reads | nsubj |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 8 company | case |
| 7 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 8 company | det |
| 8 | company | company | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 person | nmod |
| 9 | reads | read | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 10 | all | all | DET | PronType=Tot | 9 reads | obj |
| 11 | of | of | ADP | _ | 13 messages | case |
| 12 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 13 messages | nmod:poss |
| 13 | messages | message | NOUN | Number=Plur | 10 all | nmod |
| 14 | every | every | DET | PronType=Tot | 15 night | det |
| 15 | night | night | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 reads | obl:unmarked |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | read | present | a real person at the company | all | night | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent all=Topic |
Option 3
No, ads appear completely at random
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | No | no | INTJ | Polarity=Neg | 4 appear | discourse |
| 2 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 1 No | punct |
| 3 | ads | ad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 4 appear | nsubj |
| 4 | appear | appear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 5 | completely | completely | ADV | _ | 4 appear | advmod |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 7 random | case |
| 7 | random | random | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 appear | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | appear | present | ads | random | completely property | vn appear-48.1.1 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Theme at random=Location |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
Websites track what you look at, often with cookies, to target ads
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Websites | website | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 track | nsubj |
| 2 | track | track | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | what | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 2 track | obj |
| 4 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 look | nsubj |
| 5 | look | look | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 what | acl:relcl |
| 6 | at | at | ADP | _ | 5 look | obl |
| 7 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 cookies | punct |
| 8 | often | often | ADV | _ | 10 cookies | advmod |
| 9 | with | with | ADP | _ | 10 cookies | case |
| 10 | cookies | cookie | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 track | obl |
| 11 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 14 ads | punct |
| 12 | to | to | PART | _ | 14 ads | mark |
| 13 | target | target | NOUN | Number=Sing | 14 ads | compound |
| 14 | ads | ad | NOUN | Number=Plur | 2 track | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | track | present | Websites | target ads | with cookies | vn stalk-35.3 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent what=Theme | |||
| 2 | look | present | you | vn stimulus_subject-30.4 «NP V PP.attribute»: agent=Stimulus |
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