Test 6 · ★★ · How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks

"nah Macs can't get viruses mate, my sister said" What's the right correction?

Mova's choice: option 4 · The right answer: option 4 · right ✓ · Who acts: Macs, sister · What happens: not get, say, be · To what, where: viruses, right correction · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 6 · ★★ of lesson 30 «How would we know? Asking experts and spotting tricks» 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

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	"	"	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct
2	nah	nah	INTJ	_	6 get	discourse
3	Macs	mac	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
4	ca	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	n't	not	PART	Polarity=Neg	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	root	root
7	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	obj
8	mate	mate	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	vocative
9	,	,	PUNCT	_	12 said	punct
10	my	my	PRON	Case=Gen Number=Sing Person=1 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	6 get	conj
13	"	"	PUNCT	_	18 correction	punct
14	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	18 correction	nsubj
15	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	18 correction	cop
16	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	18 correction	det
17	right	right	ADJ	Degree=Pos	18 correction	amod
18	correction	correction	NOUN	Number=Sing	12 said	ccomp
19	?	?	PUNCT	_	6 get	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	other	roles by
1	not get in a quote	can	Macs	viruses	mate vocative	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virus=Stimulus
2	say speech: assert in a quote	past	my sister			vn say-37.7-1-1 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent
3	is a	present		the right correction		tree rules

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

Viruses only attack phones now

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attack	nsubj
2	only	only	ADV	_	3 attack	advmod
3	attack	attack	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
4	phones	phone	NOUN	Number=Plur	3 attack	obj
5	now	now	ADV	PronType=Dem	3 attack	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	present	Viruses	phones			now		vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent phone=Patient

Option 2

Macs get more viruses than any computer

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Macs	mac	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 get	nsubj
2	get	get	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	more	more	ADJ	Degree=Cmp	4 viruses	amod
4	viruses	virus	NOUN	Number=Plur	2 get	obj
5	than	than	ADP	_	7 computer	case
6	any	any	DET	PronType=Ind	7 computer	det
7	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 get	obl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	get	present	Macs	more viruses				than any computer	vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virus=Stimulus

Option 3

Only Windows computers can ever get a computer virus

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Only	only	ADV	_	2 Windows	advmod
2	Windows	window	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	computers	computer	NOUN	Number=Plur	6 get	nsubj
4	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	6 get	aux
5	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	6 get	advmod
6	get	get	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 Windows	ccomp
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	9 virus	det
8	computer	computer	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 virus	compound
9	virus	virus	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 get	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	window	present							tree rules
2	get	can	computers	a computer virus			ever		vn comprehend-87.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer virus=Stimulus

Option 4 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

They can, they're just attacked less often

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	They	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 attacked	nsubj:pass
2	can	can	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	7 attacked	aux
3	,	,	PUNCT	_	7 attacked	punct
4	they	they	PRON	Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs	7 attacked	nsubj:pass
5	're	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 attacked	aux:pass
6	just	just	ADV	_	7 attacked	advmod
7	attacked	attack	VERB	Tense=Past VerbForm=Part Voice=Pass	root	root
8	less	less	ADV	Degree=Cmp	9 often	advmod
9	often	often	ADV	_	7 attacked	advmod

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	attack	can · passive		They				often property	vn attack-60.1-1 «NP V NP»: subject=Patient

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