Test 1 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages
"SEND TO 10 PPL OR BAD LUCK 4 10 YEARS!!!" your little cousin is crying. What do you tell him?
Mova's choice: option 1 · The right answer: option 4 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: you, little cousin · What happens: send, cry, tell · To what, where: 10 PPL, cousin · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 1 · ★★ of lesson 25 «Viral facts and chain messages» 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: "SEND TO 10 PPL OR BAD LUCK 4 10 YEARS!!!" your little cousin is crying.
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 SEND | punct |
| 2 | SEND | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 3 | TO | to | ADP | _ | 5 PPL | case |
| 4 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 5 PPL | nummod |
| 5 | PPL | people | NOUN | Abbr=Yes Number=Plur | 2 SEND | obl |
| 6 | OR | or | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 LUCK | amod |
| 7 | BAD | bad | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 LUCK | amod |
| 8 | LUCK | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 5 PPL | nmod |
| 9 | 4 | 4 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 8 LUCK | flat |
| 10 | 10 | 10 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 11 YEARS | nummod |
| 11 | YEARS | year | NOUN | Number=Plur | 8 LUCK | conj |
| 12 | !!! | !!! | PUNCT | _ | 2 SEND | punct |
| 13 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 2 SEND | punct |
| 14 | your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 16 cousin | nmod:poss |
| 15 | little | little | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 16 cousin | amod |
| 16 | cousin | cousin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 18 crying | nsubj |
| 17 | is | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 18 crying | aux |
| 18 | crying | cry | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 2 SEND | advcl |
| 19 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 2 SEND | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send in a quote | imperative | you not said here | 10 PPL OR BAD LUCK and 10 YEARS | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent to people=Destination | ||||
| 2 | cry speech: express | present · progressive | your little cousin | vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V»: agent=Agent |
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 do you tell him?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 4 tell | obj |
| 2 | do | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=2 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 5 | him | he | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 tell | iobj |
| 6 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 4 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | present · do-support | you | cousin | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent he=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1 · ← Mova's choice
Send it to 20 to get double luck
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | to | to | ADP | _ | 4 20 | case |
| 4 | 20 | 20 | NUM | NumForm=Digit NumType=Card | 1 Send | obl |
| 5 | to | to | PART | _ | 6 get | mark |
| 6 | get | get | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Send | advcl |
| 7 | double | double | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 luck | amod |
| 8 | luck | luck | NOUN | Number=Sing | 6 get | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | it | 20 | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to 20=Destination | |||
| 2 | get | to-infinitive | you not said here | double luck | vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer luck=Stimulus |
Option 2
Throw his phone in the bin to break the curse for good
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Throw | throw | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | his | his | PRON | Case=Gen Gender=Masc Number=Sing Person=3 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 3 phone | nmod:poss |
| 3 | phone | phone | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obj |
| 4 | in | in | ADP | _ | 6 bin | case |
| 5 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 6 bin | det |
| 6 | bin | bin | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Throw | obl |
| 7 | to | to | PART | _ | 8 break | mark |
| 8 | break | break | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 1 Throw | advcl |
| 9 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 10 curse | det |
| 10 | curse | curse | NOUN | Number=Sing | 8 break | obj |
| 11 | for | for | ADP | _ | 12 good | case |
| 12 | good | good | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 8 break | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | throw | imperative | you not said here | his phone | the bin | vn throw-17.1-1-1 «NP V NP PP.destinations»: agent=Agent phone=Theme in bin=Destination | |||
| 2 | break | to-infinitive | you not said here | the curse | for good | vn hurt-40.8.3-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer curse=Patient |
Option 3
Send it quickly, just in case
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Send | send | VERB | Mood=Imp VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 2 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 1 Send | obj |
| 3 | quickly | quickly | ADV | _ | 1 Send | advmod |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 case | punct |
| 5 | just | just | ADV | _ | 7 case | advmod |
| 6 | in | in | ADP | _ | 7 case | case |
| 7 | case | case | NOUN | Number=Sing | 1 Send | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | send | imperative | you not said here | it | case | quickly property | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme in case=Destination |
Option 4 · ✓ the right answer
It's just words on a screen; nothing will happen
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | It | it | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 words | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 words | cop |
| 3 | just | just | ADV | _ | 4 words | advmod |
| 4 | words | word | NOUN | Number=Plur | root | root |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 7 screen | case |
| 6 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 7 screen | det |
| 7 | screen | screen | NOUN | Number=Sing | 4 words | nmod |
| 8 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 11 happen | punct |
| 9 | nothing | nothing | PRON | Number=Sing PronType=Neg | 11 happen | nsubj |
| 10 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 11 happen | aux |
| 11 | happen | happen | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 4 words | parataxis |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | words | a screen | tree rules | |||
| 2 | happen | future | nothing | vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme |
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