Test 5 · ★★ · Viral facts and chain messages
Your nan forwards "WhatsApp will start charging, pass it on!" What can you kindly tell her?
Mova's choice: option 2 · The right answer: option 3 · wrong ✗ · Who acts: nan, WhatsApp, you · What happens: forward, start, charge, pass on, tell · To what, where: nan, WhatsApp · Speech: someone speaks here
This is test 5 · ★★ 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: Your nan forwards "WhatsApp will start charging, pass it on!"
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Your | your | PRON | Case=Gen Person=2 Poss=Yes PronType=Prs | 2 nan | nmod:poss |
| 2 | nan | nan | NOUN | Number=Sing | 3 forwards | nsubj |
| 3 | forwards | forward | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 start | punct |
| 5 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 7 start | nsubj | ||
| 6 | will | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 start | aux |
| 7 | start | start | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 forwards | ccomp |
| 8 | charging | charge | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 7 start | xcomp |
| 9 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 10 pass | punct |
| 10 | pass | pass | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 7 start | conj |
| 11 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 pass | obj |
| 12 | on | on | ADP | _ | 10 pass | compound:prt |
| 13 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 7 start | punct |
| 14 | " | " | PUNCT | _ | 7 start | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | forward | present | Your nan | tree rules | |||||
| 2 | start in a quote | future | vn begin-55.1-1-1 «NP V S_ING»: agent=Agent clause=Eventuality | ||||||
| 3 | charge in a quote | gerund | WhatsApp not said here | vn run-51.3.2 «NP V»: agent=Theme | |||||
| 4 | pass on in a quote | infinitive | WhatsApp not said here | nan | vn send-11.1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=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: What can you kindly tell her?
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | What | what | PRON | PronType=Int | 5 tell | obj |
| 2 | can | can | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 5 tell | aux |
| 3 | you | you | PRON | Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | nsubj |
| 4 | kindly | kindly | ADV | _ | 5 tell | advmod |
| 5 | tell | tell | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | root | root |
| 6 | her | she | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 5 tell | iobj |
| 7 | ? | ? | PUNCT | _ | 5 tell | punct |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | tell speech: assert | can | you | kindly property | vn transfer_mesg-37.1.1-1-1 «NP V NP-Dative NP»: agent=Agent she=Recipient what=Topic |
The options
Option 1
It's true, she must forward it now
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 | 3 true | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 3 true | cop |
| 3 | true | true | ADJ | Degree=Pos | root | root |
| 4 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 7 forward | punct |
| 5 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 forward | nsubj |
| 6 | must | must | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 7 forward | aux |
| 7 | forward | forward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 3 true | parataxis |
| 8 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 7 forward | obj |
| 9 | now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 7 forward | advmod |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is | present | It | true property | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | forward | must | she | it | now | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 2 · ← Mova's choice
WhatsApp only charges grandparents
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 3 charges | nsubj | ||
| 2 | only | only | ADV | _ | 3 charges | advmod |
| 3 | charges | charge | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | grandparents | grandparent | NOUN | Number=Plur | 3 charges | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | present | grandparents | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location grandparent=Theme |
Option 3 · ✓ the right answer
It's an old hoax; she doesn't need to forward it
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 | 5 hoax | nsubj |
| 2 | 's | be | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 5 hoax | cop |
| 3 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 5 hoax | det |
| 4 | old | old | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 5 hoax | amod |
| 5 | hoax | hoax | NOUN | Number=Sing | root | root |
| 6 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 10 need | punct |
| 7 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 10 need | nsubj |
| 8 | does | do | AUX | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 10 need | aux |
| 9 | n't | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 10 need | advmod |
| 10 | need | need | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 5 hoax | parataxis |
| 11 | to | to | PART | _ | 12 forward | mark |
| 12 | forward | forward | VERB | VerbForm=Inf | 10 need | xcomp |
| 13 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 12 forward | obj |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | is a | present | It | a old hoax | tree rules | ||||
| 2 | not need | present · do-support | she | vn want-32.1-1-1 «NP V NP S_INF»: agent=Pivot clause=Theme | |||||
| 3 | forward not said to happen | to-infinitive | she not said here | hoax | vn send-11.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent it=Theme |
Option 4
She'll be charged by WhatsApp unless she sends it to you
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | She | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 4 charged | nsubj:pass |
| 2 | 'll | will | AUX | VerbForm=Fin | 4 charged | aux |
| 3 | be | be | AUX | VerbForm=Inf | 4 charged | aux:pass |
| 4 | charged | charge | VERB | Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass | root | root |
| 5 | by | by | ADP | _ | 6 WhatsApp | case |
| 6 | PROPN | Number=Sing | 4 charged | obl | ||
| 7 | unless | unless | SCONJ | _ | 9 sends | mark |
| 8 | she | she | PRON | Case=Nom Gender=Fem Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sends | nsubj |
| 9 | sends | send | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | 4 charged | advcl |
| 10 | it | it | PRON | Case=Acc Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 sends | obj |
| 11 | to | to | ADP | _ | 12 you | case |
| 12 | you | you | PRON | Case=Acc Person=2 PronType=Prs | 9 sends | obl |
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | charge | future · passive | She | vn run-51.3.2 «PP.location V NP»: agent=Initial_Location subject=Theme | |||||
| 2 | send a condition, not said to happen | present | it | you | vn confine-92-1 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent it=Theme to you=Destination |
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