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Test 6 · ★ · Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang

Callum's hair stands up on the trampoline and he shouts that the static could kill him. Is he right?

Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: hair, static · What happens: stand up, shout, kill, be · To what, where: trampoline, hair · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★ of lesson 23 «Petrol stations, pools and things that go bang» of the myths 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: Callum's hair stands up on the trampoline and he shouts that the static could kill him.

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Callum	Callum	PROPN	Number=Sing	3 hair	nmod:poss
2	's	's	PART	_	1 Callum	case
3	hair	hair	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stands	nsubj
4	stands	stand	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
5	up	up	ADP	_	4 stands	compound:prt
6	on	on	ADP	_	8 trampoline	case
7	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	8 trampoline	det
8	trampoline	trampoline	NOUN	Number=Sing	4 stands	obl
9	and	and	CCONJ	_	11 shouts	cc
10	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	11 shouts	nsubj
11	shouts	shout	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	4 stands	conj
12	that	that	SCONJ	_	16 kill	mark
13	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	14 static	det
14	static	static	NOUN	Number=Sing	16 kill	nsubj
15	could	could	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	16 kill	aux
16	kill	kill	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	11 shouts	ccomp
17	him	he	PRON	Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	16 kill	obj
18	.	.	PUNCT	_	4 stands	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	stand up	present	Callum's hair			the trampoline			vn assuming_position-50 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent on trampoline=Location
2	shout speech: express	present	hair						vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
3	kill	could	the static	hair					vn remove-10.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent he=Theme

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: Is he right?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	3 right	cop
2	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	3 right	nsubj
3	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root
4	?	?	PUNCT	_	3 right	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is	present	static					right property	tree rules

The options

Option 1 · ← Mova's choice

Yes, if he jumps for more than a minute

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 jumps	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 jumps	punct
3	if	if	SCONJ	_	5 jumps	mark
4	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 jumps	nsubj
5	jumps	jump	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	for	for	ADP	_	10 minute	case
7	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp ExtPos=ADV	10 minute	advmod
8	than	than	ADP	_	7 more	fixed
9	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 minute	det
10	minute	minute	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 jumps	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	jump	present	he				minute		vn run-51.3.2-2-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 2

Yes, he should call an ambulance

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 call	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	he	he	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 call	nsubj
4	should	should	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	5 call	aux
5	call	call	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
6	an	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 ambulance	det
7	ambulance	ambulance	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 call	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	call	should	he	a ambulance					vn initiate_communication-37.4.2-1 «NP V NP.recipient»: agent=Agent ambulance=Recipient

Option 3

No, but it gives you a fever

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 gives	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	5 gives	punct
3	but	but	CCONJ	_	5 gives	cc
4	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 gives	nsubj
5	gives	give	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	you	you	PRON	Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs	5 gives	iobj
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 fever	det
8	fever	fever	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 gives	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	give	present	it	a fever	you				vn give-13.1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent you=Recipient fever=Theme

Option 4 · ✓ the right answer

No, it's a harmless zap

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 zap	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 zap	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 zap	cop
5	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 zap	det
6	harmless	harmless	ADJ	Degree=Pos	7 zap	amod
7	zap	zap	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	a harmless zap					tree rules

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