Test 2 · ★ · Guns, school safety and arguments about schools

Grace whispers: «lockdown drill again, lowkey scary, does that mean something bad's gonna happen?» What is the best answer?

Mova's choice: option 3 · The right answer: option 3 · right ✓ · Who acts: Grace, that, best answer · What happens: whisper, mean, happen, be · To what, where: something · Speech: someone speaks here

This is test 2 · ★ of lesson 22 «Guns, school safety and arguments about schools» of the politics 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: Grace whispers: «lockdown drill again, lowkey scary, does that mean something bad's gonna happen?»

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Grace	Grace	PROPN	Number=Sing	2 whispers	nsubj
2	whispers	whisper	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
3	:	:	PUNCT	_	6 drill	punct
4	«	«	PUNCT	_	6 drill	punct
5	lockdown	lockdown	NOUN	Number=Sing	6 drill	compound
6	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	2 whispers	ccomp
7	again	again	ADV	_	6 drill	advmod
8	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 scary	punct
9	lowkey	lowkey	ADV	_	10 scary	advmod
10	scary	scary	ADJ	Degree=Pos	6 drill	parataxis
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	14 mean	punct
12	does	do	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	14 mean	aux
13	that	that	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	14 mean	nsubj
14	mean	mean	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	2 whispers	parataxis
15	something	something	PRON	Number=Sing PronType=Ind	14 mean	obj
16	bad	bad	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 something	amod
17	's	's	PART	_	16 bad	case
18	gonna	gonna	X	Foreign=Yes	19 happen	dep
19	happen	happen	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	15 something	acl:relcl
20	?	?	PUNCT	_	2 whispers	punct
21	»	»	PUNCT	_	2 whispers	punct

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	roles by
1	whisper speech: ask	present	Grace		vn manner_speaking-37.3 «NP V that S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	mean in a quote	present · do-support	that	something	vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent something=Topic
3	happen in a quote	infinitive			vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=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 is the best answer?

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	What	what	PRON	PronType=Int	root	root
2	is	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	best	good	ADJ	Degree=Sup	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 best answer						tree rules

The options

Option 1

Yes, drills only happen after a warning from the police that danger is near

The tree, 14 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 happen	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	5 happen	nsubj
4	only	only	ADV	_	5 happen	advmod
5	happen	happen	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 near	csubj
6	after	after	ADP	_	8 warning	case
7	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	8 warning	det
8	warning	warning	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 happen	obl
9	from	from	ADP	_	11 police	case
10	the	the	DET	Definite=Def PronType=Art	11 police	det
11	police	police	NOUN	Number=Plur	8 warning	nmod
12	that	that	PRON	PronType=Rel	13 danger	det
13	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	11 police	nmod:unmarked
14	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	15 near	cop
15	near	near	ADJ	Degree=Pos	root	root

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	happen	present	drills				after a warning from the police that danger		vn occur-48.3-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
2	is	present						near property	tree rules

Option 2

No, drills are just a game to waste time

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	7 game	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	drills	drill	NOUN	Number=Plur	7 game	nsubj
4	are	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	7 game	cop
5	just	just	ADV	_	7 game	advmod
6	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	7 game	det
7	game	game	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
8	to	to	PART	_	9 waste	mark
9	waste	waste	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	7 game	acl
10	time	time	NOUN	Number=Sing	9 waste	obj

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	drills	a game					tree rules
2	waste	to-infinitive					time		vn destroy-44 «NP V NP»: agent=Agent

Option 3 · ← Mova's choice · ✓ the right answer

No, it's practice, like a fire drill, so you'd stay calm if it ever came

The tree, 17 words

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	No	no	INTJ	Polarity=Neg	5 practice	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 No	punct
3	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	5 practice	nsubj
4	's	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	5 practice	cop
5	practice	practice	NOUN	Number=Sing	root	root
6	,	,	PUNCT	_	10 drill	punct
7	like	like	ADP	_	10 drill	case
8	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	10 drill	det
9	fire	fire	NOUN	Number=Sing	10 drill	compound
10	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 practice	conj
11	,	,	PUNCT	_	15 stay	punct
12	so	so	ADV	_	15 stay	advmod
13	you	you	PRON	Case=Nom Person=2 PronType=Prs	15 stay	nsubj
14	'd	would	AUX	VerbForm=Fin	15 stay	aux
15	stay	stay	VERB	VerbForm=Inf	5 practice	parataxis
16	calm	calm	ADJ	Degree=Pos	15 stay	xcomp
17	if	if	SCONJ	_	20 came	mark
18	it	it	PRON	Case=Nom Gender=Neut Number=Sing Person=3 PronType=Prs	20 came	nsubj
19	ever	ever	ADV	PronType=Ind	20 came	advmod
20	came	come	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin	15 stay	advcl

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	when	other	roles by
1	is a	present	it	practice and a fire drill			tree rules
2	stay	would	you			calm property	vn exist-47.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme
3	come a condition, not said to happen	past	drill		ever		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

Option 4

Yes, a drill means danger is coming that day

The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)

#	word	lemma	UPOS	features	head	relation
1	Yes	yes	INTJ	Polarity=Pos	5 means	discourse
2	,	,	PUNCT	_	1 Yes	punct
3	a	a	DET	Definite=Ind PronType=Art	4 drill	det
4	drill	drill	NOUN	Number=Sing	5 means	nsubj
5	means	mean	VERB	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	root	root
6	danger	danger	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	nsubj
7	is	be	AUX	Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin	8 coming	aux
8	coming	come	VERB	Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part	5 means	ccomp
9	that	that	DET	Number=Sing PronType=Dem	10 day	det
10	day	day	NOUN	Number=Sing	8 coming	obl:unmarked

#	verb	tense, mood	who	what, whom	to whom	where	when	other	roles by
1	mean	present	a drill						vn intend-61.2-1 «NP V S»: agent=Agent clause=Topic
2	come	present · progressive	danger				day		vn escape-51.1-1 «NP V»: agent=Theme

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